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Black Slip Tankard, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, Black Slip II
Black Slip Tankard, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, Black Slip II, c. 1800–1650 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.68.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age III

Black Slip Tankard

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

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black Slip ware (Bronze Age)Black Slip II (Bronze Age)
Shape
JugTankard
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1800 - 1650 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais

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Accession no.
1884,1210.68, British Museum · Museum record

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