Identifier

EKEA-9-1-502

Title

Kea Pottery Card for K.3502

Type

Text

Language

English

Medium

Typed 4x6 inch card

Description

Uncorrected OCR: K.3502
Alabastron
H. 0.093; D. 0.083; D.base 0.077. D. rum 0.051
Part of rim missing. Mended.
R,6 & 8, Rm.XII, cut 5
135
R-7.354
XL.68
Fine tan biscuit with buff surface. Deco-
rated in red/brown paint. Baggy. Ledge
about 1/3 down. Horizontal lip with edge
very small ledge. Bottom slightly convex.
Decoration: Rim painted inside and out.
Entire body covered with scale pattern,
with many dots in each scale. Bottom
covered by large rosette. Each petal
formed by 2 curved lines within each other,
and short stamen. Center indistinct, but
appears to be circle with dot in middle.
Paint very faded%;B pot generally in friable
condition.
KA 188. 25,27; 194.56.58
(over)
Scale pattern cf.FM 70:6, but here with fill of dots in-
stead of sacral ivy. For dotted fill, cf.FM 62:8 and
K.2525, but these have tri curved arch pattern, which this
vase does not. Minoan shape, but poss. of Cycladic manu-
facture (much gloden mica). E.M.

Temporal Coverage

Modern

Spatial Coverage

Kea/Keos Greece

Subject

Pottery

K.3502

EKEA_9_1_502

Creator

Kea Excavation Team

Rights

In Copyright

Publisher

University of Cincinnati. Department of Classics