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White Painted Amphora, Geometric I Cypriot
White Painted Amphora, Geometric I Cypriot, c. 1100–950 BC. British Museum, 1982,0721.1.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric I

White Painted Amphora

Pottery amphora (storage jar) in White Painted ware; wheelmade. Ovoid body on a ring base; tall concave neck with a flaring mouth; pair of upright handles; decoration of bands, wavy-line and lattice-triangles. Dimensions: Height: 36 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: White Painted Ware Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Iron Age)
Shape
JarAmphora
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Bands and lines, Wavy lines, Lattice and checkerboard
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
1100 - 950 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0721.1, British Museum · Museum record

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