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Base Ring Spindle Bottle, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, Base Ring I
Base Ring Spindle Bottle, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, Base Ring I, c. 1600–1340 BC. British Museum, 1868,0905.19.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Base Ring Spindle Bottle

Pottery spindle bottle in Base Ring I ware; hand-made; elongated conical-piriform body on a ring base; swelling shoulder with a tall narrow neck; everted rim (with a slight chamfer); single loop handle from the shoulder to below the rim; polished red-brown slip; incised decoration of hatched bands and zig-zags. Dimensions: Height: 13.20 centimetres Object Type: bottle Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring I (IX c, 1) Techniques: incised; slipped; polished; handmade

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Base Ring wareBase Ring I
Shape
BottleSpindle bottle
Decoration
Incised
Motif
Zigzags and chevrons
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot I
Date
1600 - 1340 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Dhali

Identifiers

Accession no.
1868,0905.19, British Museum · Museum record

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