Base Ring Bull Askos, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Base Ring II — Base Ring Bull Askos, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Base Ring II, c. 1425–1190 BC. British Museum, 1898,1201.119.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring Bull Askos

Pottery: Base Ring II askos in form of bull; strap handle on back pellet eyes and applied ears; buff clay and brown slip with white painted stripes; tips of horns a little chipped; surface very worn. Dimensions: Height: 9 centimetres; Length: 13.20 centimetres Object Type: askos Techniques: painted; slipped; applied

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figure-vessel
Ware: Base Ring wareBase Ring II
Shape: Special and ritual vesselsAskos
Decoration techniques: Painted, Relief and appliedModelled figures and attachments
Motif: Bull and cattle
Material: Clay
Period: probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date: 1425 - 1190 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
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Maroni

Identifiers

Accession no.: 1898,1201.119, British Museum · Museum record

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British Museum, 1898,1201.119 (“askos”)
From Maroni-Tsaroukkas, BM Tomb 5

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