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Base Ring II Juglet, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot bilbil
Base Ring II Juglet, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1450–1200 BC. British Museum, 1876,0909.50.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring II Juglet

Pottery juglet or spindle bottle in Base Ring II ware; hand-made; conical-piriform body on a low conical ring base; tall narrow cylindrical neck with an everted rim; strap handle from shoulder to middle of neck, neck ridge at junction; made of fine buff clay with a burnished surface, fired to a metallic lustre; decorated with white paint on the upper half of the body: vertical stripes meeting at a ring around the body; surface worn and pitted in places. Dimensions: Height: 10.50 centimetres Object Type: bottle; juglet Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring II (SCE type XII a) Techniques: painted; handmade; polished

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Base Ring wareBase Ring II
Shape
probablyJugJugletBilbil
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot II
Date
1450 - 1200 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1876,0909.50, British Museum · Museum record

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