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White Painted Cup, Geometric Cypriot
White Painted Cup, Geometric Cypriot, c. 1050–750 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.587.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric

White Painted Cup

Pottery: White painted ware footed cup; two handles; cross-hatched decoration, spiral within. Dimensions: Diameter: 14 centimetres Object Type: cup Ware: White Painted Ware Techniques: painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Iron Age)
Shape
Cup
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Lattice and checkerboard, Guilloche and spiral
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
1050 - 750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.587, British Museum · Museum record

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