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Black Slip Animal Vase, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot askos, Black Slip III
Black Slip Animal Vase, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, Black Slip III, c. 1750–1550 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.60.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age III

Black Slip Animal Vase

Animal-shaped pottery vase in Black Slip III ware; ovoid body with a flat base; animal head at one end and beak-shaped spout at the other with a handle on top; buff clay with worn brown slip. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: askos Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip III (SCE form V c) Techniques: handmade; slipped

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figure-vessel
Ware
Black Slip ware (Bronze Age)Black Slip III (Bronze Age)
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsAskos
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
1750 - 1550 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais

Identifiers

Accession no.
1884,1210.60, British Museum · Museum record

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