Jug
1399 BCE – 1200 BCE
Archaeological museum of Chora
chamber tomb K1, Englianos Chora, Messenia
Height: 32.2 cm
Jug with a globular-piriform body from chamber tomb K1 in the cemetery of Englianos, Chora, near the palace of Nestor. Yellowish clay. Vertical strap handle, partly faded. Seven vertical wavy lines around the entire body. A band around the inside of the upper rim surface, 17 painted drops (brush strokes) resembling flower petals, adorn the rest of the rim.


