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Cup rim fragment

Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan I B Period
Late Minoan I B, about 1450 B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Crete, Mochlos

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions 5 x 4.6 cm (1 15/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.800
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionCup rim. Fairly straight wall, slightly offset rim. Buff clay, dark brown paint, with white highlights. Coated inside. Rim banded, with a white stripe on the top of the rim and at the bottom of the band; a simple lily with six "pistils" slanting right, and a blob or another flower in the field below right. Inside, a penciled notation LH III. Floral Style.
ProvenanceFrom Richard Seager's Excavation at Mochlos, Crete.