Base Ring Snake Juglet - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Base Ring Snake Juglet

Pottery juglet in Proto Base Ring or early Base Ring I ware; hand-made; globular body on a ring base; tall narrow neck with a flaring trumpet mouth; single strap handle from shoulder to middle of the neck; ridge around neck at level of handle; decorated with two snakes in relief applied to the body; made of fine clay fired to a grey core, covered in a highly burnished slip with a metallic lustre; surface damaged in places. Dimensions: Height: 13 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring I (early or Proto Base Ring) Techniques: handmade; slipped; burnished; applied

Date

1650 - 1450 BC

Accession No.

1888,0927.27

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Ayia Paraskevi