Base Ring I Small Jar, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot
Base Ring I Small Jar, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1600–1340 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.977.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Base Ring I Small Jar

Squat pottery Base Ring I small jar; hand-made; convex base with flattened depression in centre; rim flares out from shoulder (rim chip missing); two horizontal pierced lugs on shoulders; four incised framed hatched arcs on body; lustrous on base but not burnished on entire body; thin mottled brown and black slip; clay grey. Dimensions: Diameter: 9.10 centimetres; Height: 5.10 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring I Techniques: incised; handmade; slipped; pierced

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
Jar
Decoration
Incised
Material
Clay
Date
1600 - 1340 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Enkomi

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Accession No.

1897,0401.977

Collection

Provenance

  • Enkomi

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