Base Ring Tankard

Base Ring Tankard

Description:

Pottery Base Ring I miniature tankard; hand-made; slightly tapering neck with everted rim with flat top; biconical body; ring base; vertical strap handle from rim to carination with high horned thumb grip; two horizontal relief ridges around neck; lustrous mottled brown and black slip, worn in places; brown clay.


Dimensions: Diameter: 6.20 centimetres; Height: 9.10 centimetres


Object Type: tankard


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring I


Techniques: slipped; handmade; burnished; applied

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1600 - 1340 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.951