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The shape takes its name from the configuration of the spout and the two attached handles. Such jars were commonly used to transport liquids. Mycenaean artists adopted the marine motifs from Minoan antecedents.
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Title: Terracotta stirrup jar with octopus
Period: Late Helladic IIIC
Date: ca. 1200–1100 BCE
Culture: Helladic, Mycenaean
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); diameter 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase, Louise Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953
Accession Number: 53.11.6
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