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Blegen dates to MH in his Class III of Matt Painted Sherds. Bichrome pottery is (Mathioudaki 2014, Kramer 2004) a hallmark of the end of MH and LH I. in Absence of context it cannot be dated more precisely.

Z 922

LATE HELLADIC I MAINLAND POLYCHROME BODY SHERD

Davis 1979. Mainland Polychrome is diagnostic for LH I.

Z 923

MIDDLE HELLADIC TO LATE HELLADIC I BODY SHERD

Bichrome could be MH or LH, coarseness suggests MH. No contextual information so precision lacking.

Z 924

LATE HELLADIC I CLOSED SHAPE

Davis 1979 dates polychrome to LH I. See examples in Grave Circle A VI.

Z 925

LATE HELLADIC I CLOSED SHAPE BODY SHERD

Blegen dates this sherd MH based on MM III parallels. Redated here to LH I since it is clearly Mycenaean decorated. The unfilled circle motif according to Furumark 1941 fig. 57, only occurs in LH I, giving this as our date.

Z 926

LATE HELLADIC I - IIA BOWL

The shape, according to Mountjoy MDP is LH IIA, however the flaking paint, (Furumark p.13) and unslipped interior potentially suggest an LH I date.

Z 927

MH TO LH I JUG

Z 928

LATE HELLADIC I SHALLOW SEMI-GLOBULAR CUP ("TEA CUP")

2019/04/15

LH I. LH I or LH IIA based on shape and motif, Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, pp. 48, 353, 358, 621. 396–397. LH I based on excavator's reported context (Blegen 1928, Zyrougies, p. 135–136, fig 128.2.)

Z 929

LATE HELLADIC I SHALLOW SEMI-GLOBULAR CUP ("TEA CUP")

2019/04/15

Z 930

LATE HELLADIC I CYLINDRICAL CUP (VAPHEIO)

2019/04/15

LH I, based on Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, pp. 54–55, 396–397.

Z 931

LATE HELLADIC I CYLINDRICAL CUP (VAPHEIO)

2019/04/15

LH I, based on Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, pp. 54–55, 396–397.

Z 932

LATE HELLADIC I CYLINDRICAL CUP (VAPHEIO)

LH I, based on Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, pp. 54–55.

Z 933

CONICAL RHYTON

based on FM similarity to nos. 4 and 13 (Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, p. 327, fig 55) and direct comparanda for the motif to this date (NM Inv. 6747, Mountjoy 1999, Regionaly Mycenaean Decorated Pottery, pp. 93–94, fig. 15.55).

Z 934

MYCENAEAN JAR OR JUG

2019/04/15

LH I, based on excavator's initial opinion (Blegen 1928, Zyrougies, p. 136, fig 128.6).

Z 935

LATE HELLADIC IIB DEEP ROUNDED BOWL WITH HORIZONTAL HANDLES

2019/04/15

based on Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, pp. 47, 331–332.

Z 936

MYCENAEAN PITHOID JAR

2019/04/13

based on Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, pp. 276–278.