Inventory Number: | P 21246 | |
Section Number: | Η 700 | |
Title: | Jug | |
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ: | Ραμφόστομη πρόχους με χταπόδι και δελφίνια 1400 - 1300 π.Χ. | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | Jug with Beaked Spout. Fragments of wall and spout missing; mended from many pieces. Broad ovoid body; low raised base. Narrow neck concave in profile, set off from the shoulder by a pronounced ridge. Elongated spout-mouth with plain rim, the spout tapering towards the narrow pouring end. Band handle from rim, broad and with a median rib which ends in a blunt point projecting from the lower attachment. A small hole is pierced through from below this point to the inner face of the handle; for hanging? Spout, neck and handle glazed; the foot glazed solid beneath a narrow stripe. Below the shoulder ridge, ring of oval dots. Decoration covering the body: at front, beneath spout, a large cuttlefish/octopus facing; the eyes reserved, with circular pupil-dots. Four long stylized tentacles curl down from the crown, on either side; scattered dot and curlique filling ornament. High on the body on either side, a dolphin-like fish, facing towards the cuttlefish/octopus; the eye reserved with circular pupil dot; double-stroke tails. Red-buff clay; smooth light buff slip; red to light brown glaze, badly worn. ***4 sherds left from reconstruction in Study Collections Case No. 19-2. | |
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ: | Ραμφόστομη πρόχους με σφαιρικό σώμα και παράσταση χταποδιού. Λείπουν θραύσματα από το σώμα και το στόμιο του αγγείου. | |
Context: | Mycenaean chamber tomb at north side of Temple of Ares. Pot #7. | |
Notebook Page: | 1459, 1475 | |
Negatives: | Leica, XLVI-93, XLVI-94, XLVI-95, XLIX-13, LVII-52, color slide | |
PD Number: | Ptg. 337, Ptg. 339 | |
Dimensions: | H. 0.27; W. (mouth) 0.052, (spout) 0.028; Diam. (body) 0.24 | |
Chronology: | LH II-III A | |
Date: | 9 May 1951 | |
Section: | Η | |
Deposit: | J 7:2 | |
Period: | Mycenaean | |
Bibliography: | Museum Guide (2014), p. 105. | |
Guide (1976), p. 220. | ||
Guide (1962), p. 144. | ||
Hesperia 24 (1955), pp. 211-212, no. 17, fig. 7, pl. 73. | ||
Hesperia 21 (1952), pl. 26. | ||
Archaeology 4 (1951), pp. 224-225.Langenbucher (2007), p. 80, fig. 84A. | ||
Agora XIII, no. VII-17. | ||
References: | Publications (4) Publication Pages (4) Drawing: DA 10708 Drawing: DA 13046 Images (44) Deposit: J 7:2 Notebook: Η-8 Notebook: Η-9 Notebook Page: Η-9-6 (pp. 1539-1540) Card: P 21246 Card: P 21246 |