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 |