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Stirrup jar fragment
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan I B Period
Late Minoan I B, about 1500–1450 B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Crete, Mochlos
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
5.8 x 19 cm (2 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.802
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionShoulder of a large oval stirrup-jar (?). Pink buff clay, buff slip, pale red paint. Four tentacles undulating down to the right, outlined by dots (not consistently); on the left, a floating trefoil, a thin five-pointed star, and some trailing material like intestines, which may be seaweed.
Marine style.
Marine style.
ProvenanceFrom Richard Seager's Excavation at Mochlos, Crete.