White Painted String-hole Flask, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot — White Painted String-hole Flask, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1850–1650 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.51.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted String-hole Flask

Pottery flask in White Painted String-hole Style; handmade; ellipsoidal body with flattened base and short narrow neck with beak-shaped mouth; handle from base of the neck to shoulder; four pairs of string-holes along the side of the neck and body; buff clay with buff slip; painted decoration in red/black comprising chequer-pattern and wavy-lines on body. Dimensions: Height: 20 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted String-hole Style (SCE type XIV C 2b) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Ware: White Painted ware (Bronze Age)
Shape: Flask
Style: String-hole Style
Decoration: Painted
Motifs: Lattice and checkerboard, Wavy lines
Material: Clay
Period: probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 1850 - 1650 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Phoenikiais

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Accession no.: 1884,1210.51, British Museum · Museum record

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