Black Slip Ovoid Jug

Black Slip Ovoid Jug

Description:

Pottery jug in Black Slip I ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a low ring base; narrow, 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 on body beneath a ridged band.


Dimensions: Diameter: 9.90 centimetres mouth ; Height: 20.60 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: Black Slip Ware


Series: Black Slip I


Techniques: slipped; wheel-made; incised

Period:

Geometric I

Date:

1050 - 900 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.372