White Painted V Amphora, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot — White Painted V Amphora, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1750–1550 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1299.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age III

White Painted V Amphora

Pottery White Painted V amphora; hand-made; two vertical handles with projections on shoulder; cream slip and red-brown paint; decorated with horizontal bands framing sets of vertical lines at top and bottom of neck framing hatched chevrons. Body decorated with multiple horizonatal and vertical lines and wavy lines. Interior rim with horizontal line and rim ticks. Two string holes through neck below rim. Dimensions: Diameter: 16.50 centimetres; Height: 23.80 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted V Techniques: slipped; painted; handmade

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Ware: White Painted ware (Bronze Age)White Painted V (Bronze Age)
Shape: JarAmphora
Decoration: Painted
Motifs: Zigzags and chevrons, Wavy lines, Bands and lines
Material: Clay
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Enkomi
Date: 1750 - 1550 BC

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Accession No.

1897,0401.1299

Collection

Provenance

Enkomi

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