Base Ring Strainer Jar

Base Ring Strainer Jar

Description:

Pottery: Base Ring I ware strainer-jar; hand-made; ovoid-piriform lower body on a ring base; cylindrical upper body or neck with an everted rim; perforated disc across the mouth with a large central opening for straining the contents; short tubular spout at the 'shoulder'; with wish-bone handle.


Made of buff-orange clay with a a grey core; part of the base is missing, also damage to the handle and spout.


Dimensions: Height: 8.40 centimetres


Object Type: jar


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring I


Techniques: slipped; handmade

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1375 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Maroni

Accession Number:

1898,1201.111