Archaic I
Black-On-Red Ware Jar
Pottery Black-on-Red ware jar; biconical body on a raised base; short concave neck with flat everted rim; pait of opposing double-ribbed handles from shoulder to rim (spool-like projections at the join). Made of buff-orange clay with a lustrous dark red-orange slip, decorated with black paint: bands around the body; panelled decoration around shoulder filled with lozenges, chevrons and swastikas; bars on handles. Dimensions: Height: 10.30 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Techniques: painted
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jar
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic I
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
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