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Plain White Ware Jug, Classical Cypriot, Plain White VI
Plain White Ware Jug, Classical Cypriot, Plain White VI, c. 475–300 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.55.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Classical

Plain White Ware Jug

Pottery jug in Plain White VI Ware; wheel-made; biconical/depressed globular body with carinated shoulder and narrow, cylindrical neck widening slightly to an everted, bevelled rim; strap handle from below rim to shoulder; ring base; made of cream clay. Dimensions: Diameter: 15.90 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Plain White Ware Techniques: slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Plain White ware (Iron Age)Plain White VI (Iron Age)
Shape
Jug
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Salamis
Date
475 - 300 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Salamis (Cyprus)

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.55, British Museum · Museum record

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