
Middle Bronze Age II
White Painted Tankard
Pottery tankard in White Painted V ware; handmade; squat globular body with round base,a wide neck and an everted rim; handle fromrim to shoulder with a thumb-grip projection at the top; pale clay with buff slip and brown painted decoration; on the neck the pattern is a zigzag lattice pattern and on the body alternating zigzag and lattic patterns between vertical lines. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: tankard Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted V (SCE type, VIIB 1d) Techniques: painted; slipped; handmade
Date
1850 - 1650 BC
Accession No.
1869,0604.11
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Cyprus