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Archaic I

White Painted Jug

Pottery jug in White Painted ware; wheel-made; globular-biconical body on a raised disc base; wide, slightly concave neck and trefoil mouth; single handle from shoulder to mouth; red-buff clay decorated with dull black paint: bands around the body and neck, with a hook motif hanging from the body; surface much encrusted. Dimensions: Height: 18.70 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP IV (?)) Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.405

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion