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Plain White Bowl, Archaic II Cypriot, Plain White V
Plain White Bowl, Archaic II Cypriot, Plain White V, c. 600–475 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.61.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Plain White Bowl

Pottery bowl in Plain White V Ware; wheel-made; bowl with vertical sides and plain, slightly everted rim, carinated profile, narrowing to small flat base; made of buff clay with a creamy buff slip worn in places; rim slightly chipped. Dimensions: Diameter: 11.80 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Plain White Ware Techniques: wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Plain White ware (Iron Age)Plain White V (Iron Age)
Shape
BowlCarinated bowl
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date
600 - 475 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Salamis

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Salamis (Cyprus)

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.61, British Museum · Museum record

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