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Black-on-Red Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot, Black-on-Red II
Black-on-Red Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot, Black-on-Red II, c. 750–600 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.566.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Black-on-Red Juglet

Pottery juglet in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; tall conical body with a carinated lower part on a flat base; flaring trumpet mouth; pronounced ridge at the junction of body and neck; single loop handle from mid-body to below neck-ridge; made of fine buff clay covered with a lustrous red slip decorated with black paint: bands of horizontal lines around the body, solid bands on the neck; rim chipped, surface worn and blackened (possibly from firing). Dimensions: Height: 7.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black-on-Red wareBlack-on-Red II (IV)
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic I
Date
750 - 600 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1894,1101.566, British Museum · Museum record

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