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White Slip Ware Tankard, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, White Slip II
White Slip Ware Tankard, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, White Slip II, c. 1550–1200 BC. British Museum, 1868,0905.48.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

White Slip Ware Tankard

Pottery tankard (or jug) in White Slip II ware; handmade; hemispherical body with a ring foot with a high neck and everted ledge rim; rising strap handle from rim to shoulder; made of brownish-buff clay with a thick creamy-white, matt slip and brown painted decoration; this consists of vertical framed lozenge patterns and diamond patterns crossing a horizontal band of columns of dots framed inside parallel lines; the lower body was painted with ladder lattices and framed lozenge patterns interspersed with diamond pattern, the rim and handle were decorated with parallel lines. Dimensions: Diameter: 12 centimetres; Height: 16 centimetres Object Type: tankard; jug Ware: White Slip Ware (Cypriot) Series: White Slip II (SCE type 4 jug) Techniques: slipped; painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Slip wareWhite Slip II
Shape
JugTankard
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Ladder pattern, Triangles and lozenges, Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot I
Date
1550 - 1200 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Dhali

Identifiers

Accession no.
1868,0905.48, British Museum · Museum record

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