Mycenaean. <em>Alabastron</em>, ca. 1475-1400 B.C.E. Clay, slip, 1 3/4 x Diam. 4 1/4 in. (4.4 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.44. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.44_PS11.jpg)

Mycenaean. Alabastron, ca. 1475-1400 B.C.E. Clay, slip, 1 3/4 x Diam. 4 1/4 in. (4.4 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.44. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.44_PS11.jpg)

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Alabastron

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

Vessels made in the Minoan kingdom of Crete and at the city of Mycenae in Greece appear in many Dynasty 18 sites. Precisely what materials were shipped in these pots is uncertain, but they probably contained traditional Aegean products as sesame or olive oil.

CULTURES Mycenaean; Greek

MEDIUM Clay, slip

Place Made: Greece

DATES ca. 1475-1400 B.C.E.

PERIOD Mycenaean IIB Period

DIMENSIONS 1 3/4 x Diam. 4 1/4 in. (4.4 x 10.8 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 16.44

CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small Mycenaean pottery vase, squat body, buff background with dark reddish-brown marine decorations. 3 handles on the top of body. Condition: Assembled from many fragments but intact.

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Mycenaean. Alabastron, ca. 1475-1400 B.C.E. Clay, slip, 1 3/4 x Diam. 4 1/4 in. (4.4 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.44. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.44_PS11.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 16.44_PS11.jpg., 2019

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