1977.216.332.3: Body-shoulder Sherd, Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration.
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.332.3
- Title
- Body-shoulder Sherd, Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration.
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Places
- Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis)
- Period
- Helladic period, Late
- Culture
- Mycenaean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/328210
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. 3.4 W. 2.4 Th. 0.4-0.5
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.332.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Body-shoulder sherd, closed vessel. 4 neatly painted horizontal bands, below which are 4 // vertical lines reserved just below the bottom horizontal lines. 2 zonal chevrons intersect these vertical lines. Red-brown on cream. Pinkish-buff fabric. Very weathered, paint nearly chipped off. Probably LH IIIA2.
Verification Level
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