Chlorite Incised Jar

Chlorite Incised Jar

Description:

Chlorite jar; two small vertical loop handles(one lost) from rim; short neck with flat rim with incised band; pedestal base with single incised band; body with three registers of incised decoration between horizontal lines, top register with overlapping semicircles, bottom two with zig-zags; small hole in lower body; manufactured through both carving and drilling.


Dimensions: Diameter: 7.60 centimetres; Height: 10.20 centimetres


Object Type: jar


Techniques: incised; ground; polished; carved; drilled

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.915