Base Ring II Painted Jug

Base Ring II Painted Jug

Description:

Pottery Base Ring II jug; hand-made; rim flaring and indented on exterior edge; neck tapering; relief ridge at neck to body join; body slightly piriform with low flaring ring base; vertical strap handle from upper neck to shoulder decorated with two incised lines down exterior; neck and body decorated in white paint with horizontal, vertical and diagonal sets of five lines executed with multiple brush tool; thin, matt, mottled red to dark brown slip; fabric reddish brown; lime spalling on surface.


Dimensions: Diameter: 13.70 millimetres; Height: 28.30 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring II


Techniques: painted; slipped; handmade

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.888