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Base Ring Ware Juglet, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot
Base Ring Ware Juglet, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1650–1340 BC. British Museum, 1971,1004.2.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Base Ring Ware Juglet

Pottery juglet or spindle bottle in Base Ring ware; hand-made; spindle-shaped body on a conical ring base; curving shoulders; tall narrow neck with an everted rim; strap handle from shoulder to mid-neck with neck-ridge when they join; made of fine bugg clay with a burnished surface fired orange to brown; surface worn in places. Dimensions: Height: 17.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring I (IX a or b) Techniques: handmade; burnished

Classification

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

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

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Accession no.
1971,1004.2, British Museum · Museum record

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