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Squat alabastron
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Helladic II–III A Period
about 1400–1375 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the National Museum, Athens
Accession Number14.735
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 078.
DescriptionLow, everted rim. Low, flat shape with raised rim and three small handles. Low everted rim. Decoration: concentric circles around rim and on bottom; double rows of dots between handles; and a wave pattern along edge. Partly restored. Concentric circles on base. Furumark type 84.
ProvenanceAccording to Fairbanks, Catalogue: from Argos; gift of the National Museum, Athens to MFA, August 6, 1914