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Small tronconic beaker
  • CollectionCollection Siret
  • Inventory numberPG.2806.1237
  • Object nameVase (pot)
  • TitleSmall tronconic beaker
  • CultureArgaric culture
  • GeographyPlace of discovery:MurciaGeographical Reference > Europe > Western Europe > Iberian Peninsula > Spain > Murcia (autonomous region) > Murcia (province)
    Place of discovery:IfreGeographical Reference > Europe > Western Europe > Iberian Peninsula > Spain > Murcia (autonomous region) > Murcia (province) > Mazarrón
  • Date2300 BC - 1600 BC
  • PeriodEarly-Middle Bronze Age (Europe)(Europe > Pre- and protohistory > Protohistory > Bronze Age)
  • MaterialCeramicMaterial > Earth > Clay
  • OwnerMusées royaux d'art et d'histoire / Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis
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It concerns a type 8 tronconic beaker in the typology of the El Argar culture of the Siret brothers, excavated in the southeast of Spain. These hand shaped beakers are associated with funerary contexts and are regularly found together with type 4 egg-shaped pots. This type of ceramic is characterized by a dark, polished, metallic surface.