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MS5686.9

From: Greece | Thessaly

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5686.9
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Greece | Thessaly
Period Neolithic
Date Made Thessaly II
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Large fragment of upper wall and rim of open bowl. Handmade, slightly inturned rim; protuberance, pierced vertically, on exterior just below rim. Surface of exterior covered with red slip on which is painted in black a stepped design formed by black lines with diagonal lines between. Surface of interior is decorated with horizontal lines of black paint below rim and below these is part of a broad spiral design outlined in black with diagonal lines in black between. Surface of interior not slipped. Brown clay with gray core, white particles.

Height 8.5 cm
Width 15.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1925
Other Number A3B - Other Number

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