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Pomegranate Glass Flask, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot
Pomegranate Glass Flask, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1340–1050 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.925.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age III

Pomegranate Glass Flask

Glass flask in the form of a pomegranate. Body cream-coloured, original colour indecipherable; opaque white and opaque orange trails. Splayed rim formed by six triangular, pointed calyx-tips, bent outwards; cylindrical neck joining shoulder in curve; almost spherical body with rounded bottom. On body two groups of opaque combed trails: (a) on upper half, three trails, white, orange, and white, combed into upright festoons; (b) on lower half, two trails, white and orange, combed into inverted festoons. Core-formed and tooled, trails marvered and combed. Dimensions: Diameter: 6.30 centimetres; Height: 5.70 centimetres max Object Type: flask Techniques: core-formed; trailed; tooled; marvered; combed Condition: Rim and neck missing, body repaired over a solid core of clay or lime. Completely devitrified; no remaining trace of glassy structure.

Classification

Object type
Glass vessel
Shape
Flask
Material
Glass and faienceGlass
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1340 - 1050 BC
Findspot
Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

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Accession no.
1897,0401.925, British Museum · Museum record

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