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Monochrome Trefoil Jug, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot
Monochrome Trefoil Jug, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1600–1340 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1172.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Monochrome Trefoil Jug

Pottery Monochrome ware jug; hand-made; neck tapering slightly to trefoil mouth with flaring rim with indented squared-off edge; vertical strap handle from rim to shoulder; sharp angle at neck to body join; ovoid body with small concave base; mottled red to brown to black slip, burnished to a low lustre. Dimensions: Diameter: 14 centimetres; Height: 20.40 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Monochrome Techniques: slipped; handmade; burnished

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Monochrome ware
Shape
JugTrefoil-mouthed jug
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.
1897,0401.1172, British Museum · Museum record

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