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Black Slip III Flask, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot jug

Middle Bronze Age III

Black Slip III Flask

Pottery juglet or flask in Black Slip III; flattened oval body with convex sides and a flat base; narrow cylindrical neck with funnel-shaped rim, chipped on one side; string-hole handle at base of neck; made in greenish buff clay with traces of a black slip; decorated with incised patterns of groups of horizontal, parallel zigzag and straight lines with traces of whitish paste filling. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet; flask Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip III Techniques: handmade; incised; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black Slip ware (Bronze Age)Black Slip III (Bronze Age)
Shape
Flask
Decoration techniques
Incised, IncisedIncised and white-filled
Motif
Zigzags and chevrons
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1750 - 1650 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Idalion

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Accession No.

1868,0905.2

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Dhali

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