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White Painted Juglet, Geometric II Cypriot, White Painted III
White Painted Juglet, Geometric II Cypriot, White Painted III, c. 900–750 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.25.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

White Painted Juglet

Pottery juglet in White Painted III; wheel-made; barrel shaped body with nipples on either side; rounded base and narrow neck widening to funnel-shaped rim; handle from lower neck to mid-body; made of light brown clay with buff slip with dark brown painted decoration of vertical band and rings encircle either side of the handle; there are also encircling rings at the rim. Dimensions: Height: 10.80 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted III Techniques: wheel-made; painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Iron Age)White Painted III (Iron Age)
Shape
JugBarrel jug
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
900 - 750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Salamis

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Salamis (Cyprus)

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.25, British Museum · Museum record

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