Base Ring Jug - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Base Ring Jug

Pottery Base Ring I ware small jug; hand-made; cylindrical neck flaring to everted rim with beaked mouth; vertical rectangular profiled handle from upper neck to shoulder; globular body; low ring base; horizontal relief band above wavy line from shoulder to maximum diameter, partially missing; two horizontal relief bands around neck at handle join; thin, dark brown lustrous slip, worn in places; brown clay. Dimensions: Diameter: 10.70 centimetres; Height: 19.60 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring I Techniques: handmade; slipped; burnished

Date

1600 - 1340 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.978

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi