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White Painted Ovoid Jug, Geometric II Cypriot
White Painted Ovoid Jug, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–750 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.184.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

White Painted Ovoid Jug

Pottery jug in White Painted ware; ovoid body on a flat base; wide concave neck with a central ridge and trefoil mouth; vertical flat handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay and slip decorated in black paint: bands on the junction of body and neck and on the neck-ridge, chevrons and dotted crosses on body below spout, bars on handle, pair of eyes on the mouth. Dimensions: Height: 9.70 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Iron Age)
Shape
JugTrefoil-mouthed jug
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
900 - 750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Gastria

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Gastria

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.184, British Museum · Museum record

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