Monday, September 01, 2008

Daily Photo - Mycenean vase at Gurob



UC16631. Mycenean IIIB1 stirrup vase of pottery, cream with broad black and thin brown circular line decoration - piece of spout missing. Black patch from burning. Late Dynasty 18 (1295BCE-1550BCE). Found at Gurob. Height 8.6 cms max diameter 11.1 cms.


For more about Gurob, which is located at the mouth of the Faiyum depression, go to the Gurob page on the Petrie Digital Museum website, which includes some useful reconstructions.

Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,
University College London
With my thanks


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