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Chlorite Incised Amphoriskos, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot
Chlorite Incised Amphoriskos, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1650–1050 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1425.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Chlorite Incised Amphoriskos

Green chlorite amphoriskos; incised decorated with cross-hatched band below rim, ladder patterns and hatched triangles at maximum diameter; one handle lost. Dimensions: Diameter: 5.40 centimetres; Height: 9.30 centimetres Object Type: amphoriskos Techniques: incised; ground

Classification

Object type
Stone vessel
Shape
JarAmphoraAmphoriskos
Decoration
Incised
Motifs
Lattice and checkerboard, Ladder pattern, Triangles and lozenges
Material
StoneSteatite
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1650 - 1050 BC
Findspot
Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.1425, British Museum · Museum record

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