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Base Ring Bull Rhyton, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Base Ring II
Base Ring Bull Rhyton, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Base Ring II, c. 1450–1100 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1240.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring Bull Rhyton

Pottery Base Ring II ware bull rhyton; hand-made; lower face forms tubular spout with hole through mouth; large applied pellets for eyes; circular hole for mouth of vessel on shoulder of bull, with basket handle from rim to rear of vessel; small applied ears below horns; applied tail and dewlap (now missing); very faint traces white painted decoration; traces of thin, matt mottled brown slip; fabric medium brown; horns and legs mended, tip of one horn missing. Dimensions: Height: 8.70 centimetres; Length: 11 centimetres; Width: 3.70 centimetres Object Type: rhyton Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring II Techniques: handmade; slipped; painted; applied

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figure-vessel
Ware
Base Ring wareBase Ring II
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsRhyton
Decoration
Relief and applied
Motif
Bull and cattle
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1450 - 1100 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
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Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.1240, British Museum · Museum record

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