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Plain White Juglet, Archaic II Cypriot
Plain White Juglet, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–400 BC. British Museum, 1880,0710.95.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Plain White Juglet

Pottery juglet in Plain White ware; wheel-made; depressed ovoid body on a flat base; narrow concave neck with squared rim; single hand, rounded section, from mid-body to just below rim. Made of fairly coarse cream-buff clay with some small dark inclusions; surface worn. Dimensions: Height: 6.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Plain White Ware Techniques: wheel-made

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Plain White ware (Iron Age)
Shape
JugJuglet
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Amathus
Date
600 - 400 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

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

Identifiers

Accession no.
1880,0710.95, British Museum · Museum record

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