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White Painted Juglet, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, White Painted IV
White Painted Juglet, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, White Painted IV, c. 1850–1650 BC. British Museum, 1876,0909.16.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted Juglet

Pottery juglet in White Painted IV ware; handmade; globular body with round base and narrow cylindrical neck with pinched mouth; handle from base of neck to shoulder with small projections at its top and base; orange-buff clay with buff slip and brown painted chequer-board pattern on body and circular lines in the midline and around the neck. Dimensions: Height: 16 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted IV (SCE type, IXC 2a) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped

Classification

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

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1876,0909.16, British Museum · Museum record

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