Base Ring Ware Jug

Base Ring Ware Jug

Description:

Base Ring I pottery jug; globular-biconical body on a flattened base; tall narrow neck with flaring trumpet mouth (partly missing), metallic ridge half-way up neck; thin strap handle from shoulder to the neck-ridge; two relief snakes are applied to the shoulder; buff-orange clay with grey core unevenly fired to an orange to black colour.


Dimensions: Height: 16.50 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring I


Techniques: handmade; applied

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1982,0726.6