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Black Slip II Jug, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot
Black Slip II Jug, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1850–1650 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.84.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black Slip ware (Bronze Age)Black Slip II (Bronze Age)
Shape
Jug
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

  • Phoenikiais

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Accession no.
1884,1210.84, British Museum · Museum record

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