Black-On-Red Aryballos, Geometric II Cypriot
Black-On-Red Aryballos, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–750 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.3.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

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

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
900 - 750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Amathus

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Accession No.

1894,1101.3

Collection

Provenance

  • Amathus

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