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Black Slip Ovoid Jug, Geometric I Cypriot
Black Slip Ovoid Jug, Geometric I Cypriot, c. 1050–900 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.370.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric I

Black Slip Ovoid 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-orange clay covered with a thin matt black slip, decorated with vertical fluting on body beneath a ridged band; surface very worn and calcinated, rim is chipped, slip is much eroded in places. Dimensions: Diameter: 9.50 centimetres mouth ; Height: 22.10 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip I Techniques: slipped; wheel-made

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black Slip ware (Iron Age)
Shape
JugTrefoil-mouthed jug
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
1050 - 900 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Kourion

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.370, British Museum · Museum record

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