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Regional Mycenaean Pottery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

P.A. Mountjoy
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Abstract

A few points are illustrated concerning regional Mycenaean pottery from the Greek mainland dating from LHIIA to LHIIIC Late. It has been suggested that the use of certain motifs on certain closed shapes was perhaps as a label for the contents of the vase. Early Mycenaean regional styles in peripheral areas, such as Thessaly and Phocis, are discussed and regional preferences during the LHIIIA2–IIIB koine are mentioned. The influence of Crete on Mycenaean pottery in Laconia and Messenia during these phases is demonstrated. Contacts between the Ionian islands and the north-west Peloponnese with other areas in LHIIIC Late are noted.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 85 , November 1990 , pp. 245 - 270
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1990

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Acknowledgements: This paper is part of a larger study of regional Mycenaean pottery financed by an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship held at the University of Mannheim and subsequently by a Large Personal Grant from the British Academy. I should like to thank Dr E. French and Dr C. Zerner for inviting me to give it at the Wace and Blegen Conference, Athens, 2–3 December 1989.

I am particularly grateful to the Archaeological Etairia and the Archaeological Service for the opportunity to work on Greek material and to the many members of the Service who gave me invaluable help in local museums.

Abbreviations

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29 Pylos III fig. 244.14 net, 273.6 foliate band.

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38 AM 14 (1889) pl. x.1.

39 The fringed rock derivative is found further south at Zeli in Phthiotis, AD 35 (1980) Bl pl. 103eGoogle Scholar on a squat jug. Very little material from this area has been published so far; it is possible that other elements popular on Thessalian Mycenaean pottery may also be found.

40 For ogival canopy see MDP 27 fig. 24.1.

41 Fig. 10: Prosymna fig. 498.62, Papadopoulos, A.J.Excavations at Aigion – 1970, SIMA 46, Göteborg, 1976, pl. 45aGoogle Scholar, right, Korakou 53 fig. 71 left.

42 Krisa, BCH 62 (1938) 129Google Scholar fig. 16, 130 fig. 17, Delphi Ibid 59 (1935) 366 fig. 19.

43 See examples BSA 67 (1972) pl. 33e middle row left, f bottom right and left, pl. 34d bottom right.

44 MP 327 fig. 55 FM 35.17.

45 BCH 62 (1938) pl. 23.7–8, 24.1,3,7.

46 Ibid pl. 27.6, Ibid 59 (1935) 366 fig. 19.1 + 4, 3 + 7, Fouilles de Delphes V.1 11 fig. 43.

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49 ArchKorrblatt 18 (1988) 350.

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53 Ibid 77.

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55 MDP 67.

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58 BSA 47 (1952) pl. 19.541.

59 PAE (1970) pl. 44b.

60 Achaia 104 fig. 128b.

61 ADelt 20 (1965) pl. 13d.

62 MDP 72–3.

63 BSA 26 (1923–5) 38–41.

64 Ibid 42.

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66 Archaeometry 19 (1977) 211–19.

67 Rutter op.cit. fn. 65 64–5.

68 PGP 185–91.

69 PM IV 370 fig. 309a.

70 PGP 189 fig. 4.

71 Pylos I fig. 395.457.

72 MDP 125.

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74 I thank Mrs M. Vlassaki for allowing me to mention this unpublished vase.

75 MDP 155–58.

76 BCH 59 (1935) 360 fig. 16, pl. 21.3, Ibid 62 (1938) 138 fig. 19.24.

77 MDP 83 fig. 99.1, 110 fig. 134, 146 fig. 182.

78 Orchomenos V 69 fig. 26.71, pl. 17b.

79 BCH 85 (1961) 361 fig. 46, 47.

80 AE (1932) pl. 9.138. The panel decoration on the left-hand side has been transferred from the back of the vase.

81 Ibid pl. 4.6 Fig. 19.

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83 AAA 1 (1968) 291 fig. 1.

84 BSA 39 (1938–9) pl. 8,9a.

85 Thessalika 2 (1959) 74 fig. 5.

86 AE (1932) p1. 5.16.

87 BCH 59 (1935) 345 fig. 5.7–8. Some of the examples may belong to the LHIIIC Middle phase.

88 PAE (1970) pl. 46a.

89 PAE (1964) pl. 87b.

90 Lakkithra AE (1932) pl. 6.31Google Scholar, 32 Fig. 22, Metaxata AE (1933) pl. 1Google Scholar fourth row first right, ? Mazarakata Brodbeck-Jucker, S.Mykenische Funde von Kephallonia im Archäologischen Museum Neuchâtel, Rome, 1986, pl. 14.40.Google Scholar

91 BSA 39 (1938–9) pl. 6.53.

92 Ibid 13.

93 S. Brodbeck-Jucker op.cit. fn.90 pl. 13.39.

94 For example AD 17 (1961–62) pl. 112c.

95 AE (1971) pl. ΛBb,e,ΛEd.

96 Ibid pl. ΛBb.

97 AJA 64 (1960) pl. 1 fig. 6. Also found in recent excavations at Kallithea Patras by Professor A.J. Papadopoulos, whom I thank for this information.

98 MDP 145, 193.

99 They have found in a LHII context at Tsoungiza in the Corinthia; the custom may have come in and out of fashion in different areas. I thank Dr J. Rutter for this information.

100 Achaia 68–71. Fig. 24 Ibid 32 fig. 54a, 39 fig. 63a.

101 Ibid 71 fn.56.

102 AE (1971 pl. Λ Ba four-handled, pl. Λ Bb—e belly-handled.

103 ADelt 29 (1974) A25–58.

104 Achaia 73,81.

105 Ibid 59 fig. 83c, 60 fig. 84d.

106 Ibid 57 fig. 81g, 59 fig. 83e Fig.25, 62 fig. 86f.

107 Ibid 58 fig. 82f Fig.25, 82i, 59 fig. 83g, 62 fig. 86h.

108 Ibid 65 fig. 89c, 67 fig. 91i.

109 Ibid 57 fig. 81b. Further vases for which the provenance has been lost are illustrated Ibid 57 fig. 81a, 58 fig. 82a,c,h, 59 fig. 83d,f (chevrons on shoulder), i, 60 fig. 84b,c, 62 fig. 86a–d, 63 fig. 87a.

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111 Mention is made of banded stirrup jars Klio 67 (1985) 420 and fn. 56 in a LHIIIC Middle context, but the parallels cited from Achaia are of the larger type.

112 Achaia 62.

113 AAA 8 (1975) 267 fig. 13.

114 Ibid 265–6.

115 Ibid 266.

116 Ibid 274 fig. 23.

117 Deiras 60.

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119 Fouilles V, 1 10 fig. 27.