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Red Slip Juglet, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot
Red Slip Juglet, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1850–1650 BC. British Museum, 1868,0905.42.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

Red Slip Juglet

Pottery juglet in Red Slip ware; handmade; depressed globular body with rounded base and short tapering neck with funnel rim; handle from mid-neck to shoulder with two projections at the top; small projection at the neck opposite the handle; buff clay with red-orange slip worn in places; decorated with horizontal relief patterns of chains and parallel lines. Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Red Slip Ware (Cyprus) Techniques: handmade; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Slip ware (Middle Bronze Age)
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
Relief and applied
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1850 - 1650 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
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Idalion

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Dhali

Identifiers

Accession no.
1868,0905.42, British Museum · Museum record

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