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Foot and body of alabaster cup, Fourth Shaft Grave, Grave Circle A, 1920

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/3437/MCNE/3/3/2/5
Foot and body of alabaster cup, Fourth Shaft Grave, Grave Circle A
Foot and body of alabaster cup, Fourth Shaft Grave, Grave Circle A

Scope and Contents

Part i: foot
Part ii: body
These alabaster elements comprise the third alabaster cup excavated at Mycenae, by Schliemann in Grave Shaft Four, of which the cup and foot were made of separate pieces of alabaster.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

© British School at Athens

Extent

2 photographic print(s) (2 photographs)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Parts i and ii: H. 18 x W. 12 cm, contact prints

Related Materials

See Wace, A. (1921). § IV.—The Rhyton Well. The Annual of the British School at Athens, 24, 200-209, p. 202, for discussion of this object.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository

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