Base Ring Juglet

Base Ring Juglet

Description:

Hand-made pottery juglet in Base Ring I ware; depressed spherical body on a low ring base; tall narrow neck tapering inwards towards the flaring trumpet mouth; thin strap handle from mid-neck to shoulder; applied plastic decoration of two rings on the neck and two relief snakes on body; buff-orange clay (grey core) with a lustrous brown slip; part of the rim is missing, slip is worn away and scratched in places, while parts of the relief decoration is also missing.


Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres


Object Type: juglet


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring I


Techniques: handmade; slipped

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Maroni

Accession Number:

1898,1201.129