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Black-On-Red Juglet, Archaic II Cypriot, Black-on-Red III
Black-On-Red Juglet, Archaic II Cypriot, Black-on-Red III, c. 600–475 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.539.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Black-On-Red Juglet

Pottery juglet in Black-on-Red ware; wheelmade; biconical body on a raised disc base, concave underneath; nrrow tubular neck with a disc mouth; single stra-like handle, oval section, from shoulder to rim. Made of buff clay covered in an irregularly-fired reddish slip, decorated with black-brown paint: wide and narrow bands on the body. Paint very worn in places, almost down to the clay on the shoulder, also numerous small cracks in the vessel. Dimensions: Height: 9.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red III Techniques: painted; handmade; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black-on-Red wareBlack-on-Red III (V)
Shape
Jug
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date
600 - 475 BC
Findspot
Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1894,1101.539, British Museum · Museum record

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