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Black Slip V Juglet, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot
Black Slip V Juglet, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1650–1450 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1324.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Black Slip V Juglet

Pottery Black Slip V ware juglet; hand-made; long narrow, slightly tapering neck, funnel-shaped mouth with rim thinning to a point; vertical strap handle from upper neck to shoulder; globular body with flattened base; matt slip mottled from black to red; incised decoration on body; horizontal triple-framed band around entire body containing: four triple-framed vertical bands filled with horizontal herringbone motif interspersed with three dashed diamonds; below handle are a triple vertical line intersecting two running vertical dashed diamonds, a vertical herringbone motif with a central line is to the left. Dimensions: Diameter: 8.20 centimetres; Height: 12.30 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Black Slip V Techniques: incised; slipped; handmade

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black Slip ware (Bronze Age)Black Slip V (Bronze Age)
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
Incised
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot I
Date
1650 - 1450 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.1324, British Museum · Museum record

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