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Black Slip Juglet, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, Black Slip II
Black Slip Juglet, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, Black Slip II, c. 1950–1650 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.30.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age I

Black Slip Juglet

Pottery juglet in Black Slip II ware; handmade; globular body with rounded base and short cylindrical neck with everted rim; handle slightly rising from the rim to the shoulder, with small projection at the front of the body; made in buff clay with traces of dark brown slip, incised decoration of circles on the shoulder and zigzags on the body. Dimensions: Height: 7 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip II (SCE type VIII B1e) Techniques: handmade; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black Slip ware (Bronze Age)Black Slip II (Bronze Age)
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
Incised
Motifs
Concentric circles, Zigzags and chevrons
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Alambra
Date
1950 - 1650 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais (?)
  • Alambra (?)

Identifiers

Accession no.
1884,1210.30, British Museum · Museum record

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