LATE HELLADIC IIIC, CIRCA 1200-1100 B.C.

Each side is centered by a large octopus with its tentacles symmetrically filling the field. On the shoulders is a dotted rosette above an undulating tentacle. For related examples, see the kraters from Ialysus, Rhodes, no. 129 in R. Higgins, Minoan and Mycenaean Art, and from Cyprus, no. IV.46 in E. Vermeule and V. Karageorghis, Mycenaean Pictorial Vase Painting.