Geometric II
Proto-White Painted Amphora
Pottery amphora in transiitonal Proto-White Painted/White Painted I ware; globular-biconical body on a splaying foot (concave underneath); tall, wide cylindrical neck with an everted rim, chamfered on the inside; vertical handles from shoulder to rim; cream clay (gritty with small black inclusions) and slip, decorated in black paint: parallel bands around the body, inside and out; a frieze of stylised plant motifs on the shoulder, with a pair of wavy lines above between the handles on both sides; series of short strokes on the rim and handles, solid foot; part of the rim and neck is missing and surface is quite worn. Dimensions: Height: 14.10 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: White Painted Ware (WP I); Proto-White Painted ware Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Kourion
- Date
- 900 - 600 BC
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