Bichrome Bull's Eye Jug, Archaic II Cypriot — Bichrome Bull's Eye Jug, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–475 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.101.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Bichrome Bull's Eye Jug

Pottery jug in Bichrome ware; slightly depressed globular body ona ring base; short conical neck with a trefoil mouth; doubled-ribbed handle arching from shoulder to above the rim, Made of buff clay decorated with black and red paint: concentric circiles on each side of body with a central bull's eye motif; arrow-motif under spout. Dimensions: Height: 19.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Techniques: painted

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Ware: Bichrome ware (Iron Age)
Shape: JugTrefoil-mouthed jug
Decoration: PaintedPainted in two colours
Motif: Concentric circles
Material: Clay
Period: probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date: 600 - 475 BC
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Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.: 1894,1101.101, British Museum · Museum record

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British Museum, 1894,1101.101 (“jug”)
From Amathus, BM Tomb 37

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