Base Ring Ware Jug

Base Ring Ware Jug

Description:

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

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1000