Base Ring Spindle Bottle

Base Ring Spindle Bottle

Description:

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

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1600 - 1340 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Dhali

Accession Number:

1868,0905.19