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Black-on-Red Barrel Jug, Geometric II Cypriot
Black-on-Red Barrel Jug, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–750 BC. British Museum, 1908,0411.39.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

Black-on-Red Barrel Jug

Pottery barrel-shaped jug in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; barrel-shaped jug with a narrow neck, central neck-ridge and flaring trumpet mouth; single handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; buff clay and red-orange slip, decorated in black paint: large spiral motif ending in a small nipple on each end of the 'barrel', bands of parallels lines around the body and upper part of neck, large geometric dart motif below the neck, single wavy line around the neck above the ridge, solid handle. Object Type: barrel jug Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: wheel-made; slipped; painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black-on-Red ware
Shape
JugBarrel jug
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Guilloche and spiral
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
900 - 750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

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Accession no.
1908,0411.39, British Museum · Museum record

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