Black Slip Tankard

Black Slip Tankard

Description:

Pottery tankard in Black Slip II ware; handmade; low biconical body; wide, tall neck tapering upwards to an everted rim; strap handle from shoulder to rim with horn-shaped thumb-grip; drab brown clay with a matt red/black slip.


Dimensions: Height: 21.50 centimetres


Object Type: tankard


Ware: Black Slip Ware


Series: Black Slip II (SCE type X B 1g)


Techniques: slipped; handmade; polished

Period:

Middle Bronze Age III

Date:

1800 - 1650 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais

Accession Number:

1884,1210.68