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Phoenician Pilgrim Flask, Geometric I Cypriot
Phoenician Pilgrim Flask, Geometric I Cypriot, c. 1050–850 BC. British Museum, 1869,0604.3.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric I

Phoenician Pilgrim Flask

Pottery pilgrim flask, probably Phoenician ware; wheel-made; lentoid body with a narrow neck expanding to a trumpet mouth with a plain rim. made of fairly coarse and heavy buff clay, decorated with black pained: concentric circles on both sides of the body, bars on the handle. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: flask Techniques: painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
FlaskLentoid flask
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Concentric circles, Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
1050 - 850 BC
Place of production
LevantPhoenicia

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1869,0604.3, British Museum · Museum record

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