Plain White Globular Jug
Description: | Pottery Plain White Wheelmade Ware jug; wheel-made; globular body; slightly concave neck; round mouth with slightly flaring flattened rim; handle with oval profile from rim to shoulder; four incised notches on rim opposite handle and potmark identical to Roman numeral X on top of handle; X potmark possibly pre-firing and notches post-firing; light brown surface; self-slipped. Dimensions: Diameter: 11.90 centimetres; Height: 13.90 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Plain White Wheel-made Ware Techniques: incised; wheel-made; self-slip Inscription: Inscription type: pottery mark Inscription position: rim; handle Inscription note: Four incised notches on rim opposite handle and potmark identical to Roman numeral X on top of handle; X potmark possibly pre-firing and notches post-firing; signs not correlated with Cypro-Minoan script. |
Period: | Late Bronze Age I |
Date: | 1650 - 1200 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Enkomi |
Accession Number: | 1897,0401.878 |