Black Slip Ovoid Jug

Black Slip Ovoid Jug

Description:

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

Period:

Geometric I

Date:

1050 - 900 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.370