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Base Ring II Painted Jug, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot
Base Ring II Painted Jug, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1450–1100 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1197.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring II Painted Jug

Pottery Base Ring II ware jug; hand-made; cylindrical neck with flaring rim with indented lip; vertical strap handle from upper neck to shoulder, three lines incised down exterior; relief ridge at neck to body join; ovoid body with low, broad ring base; decorated in white paint with sets of four lines executed with multiple brush tool, horizontal on neck and vertical down body; thin matt very dark brown slip; red fabric with dark grey core; half of ring base missing. Dimensions: Diameter: 14.60 centimetres; Height: 25.40 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring II Techniques: painted; slipped; incised; handmade

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Base Ring wareBase Ring II
Shape
Jug
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1450 - 1100 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.1197, British Museum · Museum record

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