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White Slip Tankard, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, White Slip II
White Slip Tankard, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, White Slip II, c. 1450–1340 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.936.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

White Slip Tankard

Pottery White Slip II (Early) tankard; hand-made; neck tapering to everted rim with flat top edge; globular body; ring base; vertical strap handle with horned thumb projection from rim to shoulder; slightly lustrous white slip with brown painted decoration; neck with three sets of vertical framed double hatched lozenges with hatched lozenge rows between; vertical row of hatched diamonds under handle; line at neck to body join; body with horizontal lattice with pendant alternating lattice and framed hatched lozenges; net pattern on base; vertical wavy lines down handle exterior; rim and neck interior with dotted bands, framed double lines and wavy lines. Dimensions: Diameter: 14.20 centimetres; Height: 26.10 centimetres Object Type: tankard Ware: White Slip Ware (Cypriot) Series: White Slip II (early) Techniques: painted; slipped; handmade

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Slip wareWhite Slip II
Shape
JugTankard
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot II
Date
1450 - 1340 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.936, British Museum · Museum record

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