Late Bronze Age I
"White Painted Bird Askos"
Pottery askos in form of animal, probably a bird (perhaps an owl based on similarities with rattles of the same type); hand-made; elongated body with a tail-like projection at the back; four simple stump-like legs; horn-like projections at the front; two pierced eye-holes and a larger hole below, probably for pouring; loop handle with oval section fixed into the back. Made of fine cream-buff decorated with black paint: criss-crossing bands on the body. Surface very worn. Dimensions: Length: 11.90 centimetres Object Type: askos Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted VI Techniques: painted
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figure-vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Bands and lines
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot I
- Date
- 1650 - 1450 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
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