Base Ring Tankard

Base Ring Tankard

Description:

Pottery tankard in Base Ring I; handmade; despressed piriform body with cylindrical tapering neck with circular mouth and a flat rim; the strap handle is from rim to shoulder; two horizontal relief bands decorate the neck; made of pinkish clay with dark brown slip of mottled appearance.


Dimensions: Height: 9.20 centimetres


Object Type: tankard


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring I (SCE type VIIB1c)


Techniques: handmade; slipped

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1600 - 1340 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1982,0726.4