Adriatic Ware Body Sherd with Incised Decoration
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Adriatic Ware Body Sherd with Incised Decoration
Middle Bronze Ageca. 2000 BCE - ca. 1550 BCE
Clay
1 1/8 x 15/16 x 1/4 in. (2.9 x 2.4 x 0.6 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
P.3363
Acquisition Date:
05/20/1992
Geography:
Europe, Greece
Classification:
Containers and Vessels; Vessels; Sherds
Collection:
Charlotte Rider Long Collection
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- bodies - Those parts of containers that enclose the contents, as distinguished from accessory components such as covers, handles, and applied decoration.
- incising - The process and technique of producing, forming, or tracing a pattern, text, or other usually linear motif by cutting, carving, or engraving.
- Middle Bronze Age - Refers to a phase of the Bronze Age distinguished from the Early and Late Bronze Age cultures by differences in metal assemblages and burial rites. It is characterized in part by metalworking techniques and tool and weapon designs of increasing sophistication, including the utilization of valve molds, cire perdue, sheet work, structural ribs, rivets, and pommels on the end of the hilts of swords.
- sherds - Limited to fragments of pottery or glass.
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