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A Late Cycladic I juglet from Therasia in the British Museum (BM 1926.4–10.9)1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2013
Abstract
The vase, found in Therasia in 1866, is published in detail for the first time and placed in the context of the eyed ewers from Thera. The suggested date of the vase is LC I early, contemporary with the seismic destruction level deposits at Akrotiri.
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