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Cypriot Bucchero Jug, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot
Cypriot Bucchero Jug, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1200–1050 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.907.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age III

Cypriot Bucchero Jug

Pottery Bucchero Wheel-made ware small jug; neck tapering slightly to collar rim; strap handle from rim to shoulder; globular body with high ring base; ridge at neck base; vertical ribbing down body; remnants of black lustrous slip; grey clay. Dimensions: Diameter: 10.70 centimetres; Height: 16.40 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Cypriot Bucchero Ware Techniques: wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bucchero ware
Shape
Jug
Decoration
Relief and applied
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1200 - 1050 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.907, British Museum · Museum record

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