Middle Bronze Age III
Black Slip Ware Juglet
Pottery juglet or flask in Black Slip ware; hand-made; flattened ovoid body on a button base; narrow concave neck with a rounded rim; single handle with rounded section, extending from shoulder to below rim; four large hook-like projections down each side; made of buff clay with a thin slip, fired brown-black; decorated with bands of incised zig-zags arranged horizontally down the body, enclosed by vertical parallel lines; slip very worn in places. Dimensions: Height: 13.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet; flask Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip III (?); Black Slip V (?) Techniques: incised; slipped; handmade
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration techniques
- Incised, Relief and applied
- Motif
- Zigzags and chevrons
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Idalion
- Date
- 1750 - 1550 BC
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