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This jar is from the collection of Heinrich Schliemann. The spirals, arches, and other curvilinear motifs admirably complement the volumes of the shape and such functional adjuncts as the handles, which could have secured a cover or facilitated lifting with a rope.
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Title: Terracotta jar with three handles
Period: Late Minoan I
Date: ca. 1525–1490 BCE
Culture: Minoan
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions:
13 9/16 × 10 3/4 in. (34.4 × 27.3 cm)
Diam. of foot: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Diam. of rim: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Object Number: 22.139.76
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