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Buff-ware jug with globular body, concave handle, high beaked spout and low foot. The shoulder is painted in dark brown over a buff slip with small zig zags.
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Title: Terracotta beak-spouted jug
Period: Middle Helladic III
Date: ca. 1750–1700 BCE
Culture: Helladic
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Peter Sharrer, 1994
Object Number: 1994.587
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