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Base Ring Ware Jug, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Base Ring II
Base Ring Ware Jug, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Base Ring II, c. 1450–1200 BC. British Museum, 1876,0515.3.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring Ware Jug

Pottery jug in Base Ring II ware; handmade; piriform body with a ring base and a cylindrical, slightly widening neck and an everted neck; the handle is form mid-neck to shoulder, with pellets applied either side of the handle, at its top and base, resembling rivets of a metal vessel; made in orange clay with a mottled brown, lustrous slip. Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring II (SCE type IXB 1f) Techniques: applied; handmade; slipped

Classification

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

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1876,0515.3, British Museum · Museum record

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