1895.181: Body Sherd of Stirrup Jar with Painted Decoration
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1895.181
- Title
- Body Sherd of Stirrup Jar with Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- 12th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tiryns (Argolis)
- Period
- Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIC
- Culture
- Mycenaean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/293075
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
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H. 3.6 W. 3.3 Th. 0.3-0.5
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton. From the site of Tiryns in the Argolid.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton
- Accession Year
- 1895
- Object Number
- 1895.181
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Body sherd of stirrup jar. Brown to brown-red paint on buff brown. 3 thick bands of paint with thinner, lighter ones in between around vessel. Buff fabric. Lustrous, though paint slightly cracking.
Verification Level
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