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Bucchero Fluted Jug, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot
Bucchero Fluted Jug, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1340–1050 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1281.+.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age III

Bucchero Fluted Jug

Pottery Bucchero Hand-made small jug; short cylindrical neck with flaring rim with flattened exterior face; high vertical strap handle rising above rim to shoulder; lower handle attachment inserted through body wall and smoothed; shallow relief ridge at neck body join; body ovoid with low ring base; body decorated with vertical fluting; thin matt dark brown mottled slip; fabric brown. Dimensions: Diameter: 10.40 centimetres; Height: 15 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Cypriot Bucchero Ware Techniques: slipped; handmade

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bucchero ware
Shape
Jug
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1340 - 1050 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
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Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

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Accession no.
1897,0401.1281.+, British Museum · Museum record

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