Stirrup jar

Archaeological museum of Chora

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Stirrup jar

1399 BCE – 1200 BCE

Archaeological museum of Chora

chamber tomb Ε8, Englianos Chora, Messenia

Stirrup jar

Terracotta

Height: 2.8 cm

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Stirrup jar from tomb Ε8 in the chamber tomb of Englianos, Chora, near the palace of Nestor. Globular- piriform body, decorated with bands and lines. A group of inversely stacked arches on the shoulder; on the handle zone groups of arches. Concentric circles on the disc.