Bronze Beaked Jug

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