White Painted String-hole Juglet, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot — White Painted String-hole Juglet, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1850–1650 BC. British Museum, 1928,0117.19.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted String-hole Juglet

Pottery juglet or bottle in White Painted String-hole Style; handmade; tall oval body with rounded base and narrow neck with everted rim; four string-holes two on the shoulder and two on the neck; buff clay with pale brown slip and brown painted decoration of lattice panels. Dimensions: Height: 12.80 centimetres Object Type: juglet; bottle Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted String-hole Style Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Ware: White Painted ware (Bronze Age)
Shape: JugJuglet
Style: String-hole Style
Decoration: Painted
Material: Clay
Period: probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 1850 - 1650 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession no.: 1928,0117.19, British Museum · Museum record

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