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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek; Minoan
Title:Sherd
Date Made:Bronze Age; Late Minoan Period; 1400-1200 BCE
Type:Ceramic
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware
Place Made:Greece, Crete
Measurements:Height: 2 1/4 in.; 5.715 cm; width: 5 3/8 in.; 13.6525 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1911.8a.B.AI
Credit Line:Gift of Professor Louise Fitz Randolph
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
The fragment includes part of a round horizontal handle, probably from a hydra or amphora. Decoration consists of a band of red paint along the top of the handle, two broader bands enclosing three narrow bands above the handle, and possibly a large spiral to the left of the handle.
Provenience: Greece, Crete, Knossos

Tags:
pottery; ancient; archaeology

Subjects:
Civilization, Ancient; archaeological objects; Pottery

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