Base Ring Ware Spindle Bottle
Description: | Pottery Base Ring I ware spindle bottle; hand-made; long body tapering to low ring base; long cylindrical neck and horizontal rim; strap handle from mid-neck to shoulder; incised interlacing parallel lines on shoulder and neck; pot mark at the base of the handle in the form of a cross. Made from orange clay with a slip fired unevenly around the body (orange-red to black); surface pitted and base chipped. Dimensions: Height: 18.50 centimetres max Object Type: juglet Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring I Techniques: handmade; incised; slipped Inscription: Inscription type: pottery mark Inscription position: base of handle |
Period: | Late Bronze Age I |
Date: | 1650 - 1400 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Maroni |
Accession Number: | 1898,1201.101 |