Plain White Globular Jug

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