Middle Bronze Age II
Bird Form Askos
Pottery askos in form of a bird in White Painted IV ware; hand-made; elongated body with a curved neck sitting on three low stump feet, one at the front and two at the back; pair of 'chicks' applied to the body on each side; ring for suspension on back; lug-like tail at the back; hole at the front for pouring; made of buff clay decorated with dark paint: zig-zag lines along the sides. Dimensions: Height: 5 centimetres; Length: 7.50 centimetres Object Type: vessel Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted IV (SCE type VIII f) Techniques: painted; handmade; slipped
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figure-vessel
- Decoration techniques
- Painted, Relief and appliedModelled figures and attachments
- Motif
- Bird
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
- Date
- 1900 - 1650 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
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