Black Slip Ware Jug - image 1

Geometric I

Black Slip Ware Jug

Pottery jug in Black Slip ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a low ring base; narrow, slightly concave neck with a broad trefoil mouth; single strap handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay covered with a matt black slip and decorated with vertical fluting/incisions on body beneath a ridged band; surface abraded and calcinated. Dimensions: Diameter: 9 centimetres mouth ; Height: 19.40 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip I Techniques: slipped; wheel-made; incised

Date

1050 - 900 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.371

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion