Phoenician Red Slip Jug

Phoenician Red Slip Jug

Description:

Pottery jug in Phoenician Red Slip ware; globular-ovoid body on a low foot; tall, tall narrow neck expanding to a funnel shape above the neck-ring; squared-rim; short handle from shoulder to neck ridge; made of buff clay with a lustrous red slip; surface very worn.


Dimensions: Height: 18.70 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: Red Slip Ware (Phoenician)


Techniques: slipped; wheel-made; polished

Period:

Geometric III

Date:

850 - 750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus (?)

Limassol (city) (?)

Accession Number:

1880,0710.79