Tankard

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1959 ΝΑΚ 19

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Geometric Period

Date

750-730 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.063 m
Rim diameter: 0.058 m
Base diameter: 0.033 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 1, No 53

Description
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Small intact tankard (jug) found in 1959 at a cemetery on the south slope of the Acropolis. It comes from Burial XV-13 and was deposited as a burial offering along with seven more vessels.

Its base is flat, whereas the body is concave in profile and the rim outturned. The vertical handle extends over the rim. The body is decorated with zones of parallel bands, thick dots and rhomboids with dots in the centre.

This type of vessels could also be used as drinking cups.

Χαριτωνίδης, Σ.Ι., «Ευρήματα Πρωτογεωμετρικής και Γεωμετρικής εποχής της ανασκαφής νοτίως της Ακροπόλεως», Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 28, 1973, σελ. 18, πίν. 9β, αρ. κατ. ΓΜ 38