Black Slip II Jug - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

Black Slip II Jug

Pottery jug in Black Slip II ware; handmade; depressed globular body with rounded base and wide cylindrical neck with everted rim, forming a spout at the front; handle from shoulder to rim, with thumb-grip projection rising from the rim; two small projections on the shoulder opposite the handle; buff clay with a brown slip; decorated with incised wavy lines at the base of neck and across the body. Dimensions: Height: 26.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip II (SCE type VIII B 2a) Techniques: incised; slipped; handmade

Date

1850 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1884,1210.84

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais