Base Ring Ware Jug - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring Ware Jug

Pottery jug; Base Ring II ware; hand-made; round mouth with flaring rim; long cylindrical neck with ridge at join to body; vertical strap handle from upper neck to shoulder, incised with three vertical lines down exterior; oviod body and flaring ring base; decorated in white paint with sets of four horizontal and crossing diagonal lines executed with a multiple brush tool; thin, dark brown slip burnished to a low lustre, worn in places, fabric pinkish brown. Dimensions: Diameter: 12.60 centimetres; Height: 24.70 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring II Techniques: painted; incised; slipped; handmade

Date

1450 - 1100 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.1000

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi