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Stirrup jar: GR.56.1906

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Stirrup-jar

Notes

History note: Found in fragments in a tomb on the island of Amorgos

Legal notes

Given by Professor A. J. B. Wace

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.113 m
Height: 0.12 m

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1906-10) by Wace, Alan John Bayard

Dating

Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA2
Bronze Age
-1400 - -1301

Materials used in production

Clay

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.56.1906
Primary reference Number: 67919
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 August 2017 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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