Bronze Beaked Jug
Description: | Bronze jug; beaked mouth with upright rim with flattened top; neck cylindrical; ovoid body with separately worked disc base crimped into place; high vertical strap handle welded to vessel; handle formed from a thin bronze strip, rising above rim and attached at shoulder with roundel; two incised lines below rim; hammered; mended from pieces and restored. Dimensions: Diameter: 14.60 centimetres; Height: 32 centimetres Object Type: jug Techniques: hammered; welded; incised |
Period: | Late Bronze Age III |
Date: | 1340 - 1050 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Enkomi |
Accession Number: | 1897,0401.1533 |