Base Ring Lentoid Flask

Base Ring Lentoid Flask

Description:

Pottery lentoid flask in Base Ring I ware; handmade; lentoid body with a sharp ridge along the edges; long, narrow, tapering neck ending in a funnel mouth; strap handle at the back from the neck to shoulder with a single horizontal ridge where the handle joins the neck; buff clay with red-brown, mottled slip.


Dimensions: Height: 16.50 centimetres


Object Type: flask


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring I (SCE type Xa)


Techniques: slipped; burnished; handmade

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1600 - 1340 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Dhali

Accession Number:

1868,0905.37