Base Ring Spiral Jug - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Base Ring Spiral Jug

Pottery jug in Base Ring I ware; handmade; piriform body with conical ring base and long cylidrical neck with circular everted mouth; strap-handle from neck to shoulder; made of orange clay with brown slip and decorated with applied antithetical spirals and also a ridge at the base of the neck and two in the middle of the neck; chipped rim and a small hole near the base. Dimensions: Height: 26 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring I (SCE type VID 1d) Techniques: handmade; applied; slipped

Date

1600 - 1340 BC

Accession No.

1982,0721.65

Collection

British Museum

Provenance