Base Ring Miniature Tankard

Base Ring Miniature Tankard

Description:

Pottery Base Ring I ware miniature tankard; hand-made; cylindrical neck with flaring rim; vertical strap handle from rim to shoulder, originally with thumb grip on rim, now missing; biconical body with low ring base; decorated with double horizontal relief bands on neck and wavy line on shoulder; thin reddish brown slip burnished to a medium lustre; pale brown fabric.


Dimensions: Diameter: 7.50 centimetres; Height: 8.20 centimetres


Object Type: tankard


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring I


Techniques: burnished; slipped; handmade

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1600 - 1340 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1228