Bichrome Barrel Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot, Bichrome III
Bichrome Barrel Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot, Bichrome III, c. 800–600 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.394.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Bichrome Barrel Juglet

Small pottery barrel-shaped or juglet in Bichrome III ware; wheel-made; barrel-shaped body with pointed bosses (or 'nipples') on each of the flattened ends; narrow neck flaring upwards to a trumpt mouth; thin handle arching from shoulder to neck; buff clay and reddish-buff slip, decorated in black and purple paint: concentric bands around the body and neck, the bosses are painted in with a bull's-eye motif. Dimensions: Height: 10.60 centimetres Object Type: lekythos; juglet Ware: Bichrome Ware Series: Bichrome III Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made

Accession No.

1894,1101.394

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  • Amathus

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