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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek
Title:Jug
Date Made:Iron Age; Greek Dark Ages; Geometric Period; 900-700 BCE
Type:Ceramic
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware
Place Made:Greece
Measurements:Overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 10.8 cm x 6.7 cm x 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1909.8.B.AV
Credit Line:1909
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
The biochrome jug is decorated with black and red paint. On the handle are black horizontal bands. The edge of the lip is painted red, which continues onto the neck with narrow black bands on the bottom of the neck. On the body are three bold concentric circle designs; a broad red circular band is bordered by black concentric circles in the center and on the outside.

Tags:
pottery; ancient; archaeology

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