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Black-On-Red Aryballos

Pottery aryballos or jug in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; squat globular body on a broad, flat base; narrow neck with ridge, flaring to a trumpet mouth; single arching handle from shoulder to neck ridge; buff clay and red slip, decorated in black paint: ladder pattern on handle, fine bands around the body, three swastikas on shoulder. Dimensions: Height: 6 centimetres Object Type: aryballos Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.3

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus