Phoenician Pilgrim Flask - image 1

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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

Date

1050 - 850 BC

Accession No.

1869,0604.3

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus