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Base Ring Miniature Tankard, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, Base Ring I
Base Ring Miniature Tankard, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, Base Ring I, c. 1600–1340 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1228.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Base Ring Miniature Tankard

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

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Base Ring wareBase Ring I
Shape
JugTankard
Decoration
Relief and applied
Motif
Wavy lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot I
Date
1600 - 1340 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
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Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.1228, British Museum · Museum record

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