Black-On-Red Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot aryballos, Black-on-Red II
Black-On-Red Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot, Black-on-Red II, c. 750–600 BC. British Museum, 1880,0710.86.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Black-On-Red Juglet

Pottery juglet (aryballos) in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a flat base, with a slight hollow at the centre of the base; narrow neck with a flaring mouth; neck-ridge; single vertical handle from shoulder to neck ridge; buff clay and polished orange slip, decorated with black paint: narrow bands on the body, neck and rim; single group of concentric circles below the neck; solid paint on handle. Dimensions: Diameter: 3.90 centimetres mouth ; Height: 9.80 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: wheel-made; slipped; polished; painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
750 - 600 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Amathus

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Accession No.

1880,0710.86

Collection

Provenance

  • Amathus (?)
  • Limassol (city) (?)

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