Base Ring Ware Jug - image 1

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

Date

1450 - 1200 BC

Accession No.

1876,0515.3

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus