
Archaic II
Bichrome Amphora
Pottery two-handled jar (amphora) in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; globular body on a slightly raised, flat base; concave neck with flat everted rim; pair of opposing handles arching from shoulder to rim (signs of shaving with a tool); buff-cream clay and slip, decorated in black and red paint: bands on the body, zig-zags on the shoulder and neck; red bands on the rim and handles; surface worn and cracked. Dimensions: Diameter: 3.30 centimetres mouth ; Height: 9.50 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Bichrome Ware Series: Bichrome V (?); Bichrome VI Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- PaintedPainted in two colours
- Material
- Clay
- Findspot
- Amathus
- Date
- 600 - 400 BC
Also recorded as
A museum record
British Museum, 1894,1101.473 (“jar”)From Amathus, BM Tomb 108
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