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MM Acc 1010 :: stirrup jar

Object description: Broad false mouth with cone top; splaying false neck; flat U handle; concave spout with bevelled rim; broad, piriform body; ring base. Pale brown slip; brown paint. Spiral on false mouth; U shaped band on handles; band running from base of spout to base of false neck and back; on shoulder two hatched triangles (FM 61:5) flanking a row of parallel, horizontal lines and on opposite side dotted, barred semicircles (FM 43k) and parallel chevrons (FM 58); further down a framed zigzag band; on belly three groups of narrow bands framed by broad ones; lower body and base reserved.

Data elements

Inventory number

MM Acc 1010

Serie nummer

2477

Object

stirrup jar

Country - Findspot

Greece : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Grekland

Place - Findspot

Asine

Geographic name, alternative

Europe

Geographic name, alternative - Swedish

Europa

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Context

Necropolis I, chamber tomb 1; possibly Burial C.

Acquisition

The Asine Collection was brought to Sweden in 1930. It was first kept in the National Museum and then, in 1954, it was permanently transferred the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities.

Description

Broad false mouth with cone top; splaying false neck; flat U handle; concave spout with bevelled rim; broad, piriform body; ring base. Pale brown slip; brown paint. Spiral on false mouth; U shaped band on handles; band running from base of spout to base of false neck and back; on shoulder two hatched triangles (FM 61:5) flanking a row of parallel, horizontal lines and on opposite side dotted, barred semicircles (FM 43k) and parallel chevrons (FM 58); further down a framed zigzag band; on belly three groups of narrow bands framed by broad ones; lower body and base reserved.

Period