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Base Ring Juglet, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot bilbil, Base Ring I
Base Ring Juglet, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, Base Ring I, c. 1650–1340 BC. British Museum, 1899,1229.103.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Base Ring Juglet

Base-Ring I ware pottery juglet; hand-made; depressed globular body on a ring base; tall narrow neck with a flaring mouth; flat handle from mid-neck to shoulder; horizontal ridges on neck at handle; made of fine buff clay with a red-brown burnished slip. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring I Techniques: handmade; slipped; burnished

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Base Ring wareBase Ring I
Shape
probablyJugJugletBilbil
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1650 - 1340 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
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Klavdhia-Tremithos

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Klavdia

Identifiers

Accession no.
1899,1229.103, British Museum · Museum record

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