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Black-on-Red Barrel Flask, Geometric II Cypriot barrel jug
Black-on-Red Barrel Flask, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–700 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.327.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

Black-on-Red Barrel Flask

Pottery barrel flask or juglet in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; elongated body with rounded ends; narrow neck with ridge, flaring to a trumpet-shaped; pair if opposing handles from shoulder to neck ridge; buff clay and orange-red slip, decorated with black paint: maltese crosses enclosed within concentric circles on the bosses, bands around the body and neck, ladder pattern on the handle, geometric dart or arrow motif on the shoulder below the mouth. Dimensions: Height: 19.60 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black-on-Red ware
Shape
JugBarrel jug
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Kourion
Date
900 - 700 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.327, British Museum · Museum record

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