White Painted Flask, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot — White Painted Flask, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1900–1650 BC. British Museum, 1868,0905.15.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted Flask

Pottery flask in White Painted III-V String-Hole style; hand-made; globular body; tubular spout; two string-holes on handle; red chequer-patterns and lattice-panels. Dimensions: Height: 10 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware Techniques: painted

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Ware: White Painted ware (Bronze Age)
Shape: Flask
Style: String-hole Style
Decoration: Painted
Motif: Lattice and checkerboard
Material: Clay
Period: probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 1900 - 1650 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Idalion

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Dhali

Identifiers

Accession no.: 1868,0905.15, British Museum · Museum record

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