Base Ring II Ware Jug

Base Ring II Ware Jug

Description:

Pottery Base Ring II ware jug; hand-made; neck widening to flaring rim with flattened outer edge; vertical strap handle from mid neck to shoulder with two vertical incised lines down outer face; ridge at neck base; ovoid body narrowing to wide ring base with flattened outer edge; decorated with white lines painted with multiple brush (sets of five strokes), horizontal bands on neck and crossing oblique bands on body; thin, matt dark brown to purple mottled slip; nearly half rim missing.


Dimensions: Diameter: 13.50 centimetres; Height: 23.70 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring II


Techniques: slipped; painted; handmade

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.906