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White Painted Barrel Jug

Pottery barrel-shaped jug in White Painted ware; barrel-shaped body with a nipple-like projection on each end; narrow neck flaring to a trumpet mouth; vertical arching handle from shoulder to neck; buff clay (with small inclusions), similar slip, decorated in matt brown paint: concentric circles around the body and neck, bull's eye motif on each end of the barrel, broad band around the base of the neck, short parallel strokes on handle; surface worn and calcinated in places. Dimensions: Height: 9.60 centimetres; Length: 6.90 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III (?)) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped (?)

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1982,0726.38

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus