Mycenaean Dipper

Title: Mycenaean Dipper
Inventory Number: A0141
Date Acquired: 1957
Source: Gift of J. L. Caskey from Athens antiquities market
Provenance: ? Perati, Attica
From Date: -1200
Description: Bowl with shallowly convex sides which rise to small outturned rim, rounded articulation with convex base, nippled in center. High swinging handle of flattened elliptical section from juncture of body and base to top of rim. Decorated on exterior and handle: band on rim continuing as stripe on upper body, four narrow concentric stripes at outer edge of base, central nipple solidly coated; handle on surface which faces away from bowl solidly coated except for deep V-shaped area at base, diagonal stripes on surface which faces towards bowl.
State of Preservation: Mended from ca 6 fragments, one fragment missing at juncture of three fragments. Wear chipping on rim.
Height: 2.82 cm
Rim Diameter: 5.11 cm
Handle Width: 1.6 cm
Color: Clay body 7.5YR 7/4 (pink); paint ca 10R 4/8 (red).
Notes: Slide Coll
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay