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White Painted Amphora, Archaic II Cypriot, White Painted V
White Painted Amphora, Archaic II Cypriot, White Painted V, c. 600–475 BC. British Museum, 1978,0719.5.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

White Painted Amphora

Pottery jar (amphora) in White Painted ware; wheel-made; biconical body on a low ring base; cylindrical neck with a horizontal everted; pair of opposing three-ribbed handles. Made of orange-buff clay, decorated with black painted decoration: concentric circles around the neck, and colunms of the same down the body; broad bands around the body and neck. Surface worn and accreted in places. Dimensions: Height: 42.20 centimetres Object Type: jar; amphora Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted V Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Iron Age)White Painted V (Iron Age)
Shape
JarAmphora
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Concentric circles
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date
600 - 475 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Mina, al- (?)

Identifiers

Accession no.
1978,0719.5, British Museum · Museum record

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