Mycenaean Krater Fragment with Warriors

CultureMycenaean

Datec. 1250 BCE

Mediumpainted terracotta

Dimensions2 3/4 x 3 in. (7 x 7.6 cm)

Classificationsceramics

Credit LineGift of the Classics Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from the Estate of Dr. J.P. Harland

Object number77.8.1

DescriptionThe heads of two male figures in profile to right. The small round heads are topped by long, triangular helmets curled at the end and painted in outline with near-vertical stripes. The profile heads have frontal eyes rendered as two circles on the side of each face and small, pointed noses and mouths; a small dot marks the pupils of the figure at right. The figures, whose upper bodies lean back, carry long, pointed, striped objects that could be spears. A chariot may be indicated in an abbreviated fashion along the line of the lower left break.

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