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 |