Hydria

52-11-2

From: Greece | Melos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 52-11-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Greek
Provenience Greece | Melos
Locus Catacomb
Date Made 899-700 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Glazed
Description

Decorated with designs in black glaze on dull buff ground. On lower body two wide wheel-painted bands with five lines between. On upper body a band of dentate design with a band of hatched lozenges below. On neck two bands of dots with a band of zig-zag below. On either side of vertical handle an asterisk in a panel. Hard, pinkish-buff clay, very slightly micaceous.

Height 14 cm
Outside Diameter 9 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elliston Perot Walker, 1952

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