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White Painted IV bulbous amphoriskos bottle, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot
White Painted IV bulbous amphoriskos bottle, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1750–1650 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1896-1908.C.46 Other IDs: AN1896-1908 C.46 (accession number (old format)).Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Middle Bronze Age III

White Painted IV bulbous amphoriskos bottle

White Painted IV bulbous amphoriskos bottle Dimensions: max. 9.8cm (height)max. 7.1cm (diameter) Object Type: container > oil-container > perfume bottle > unguent jar > amphoriskos; container > vessel

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Bronze Age)White Painted IV (Bronze Age)
Shape
JarAmphoraAmphoriskos
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1750 - 1650 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Kalopsidha

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Provenance

  • Famagusta, Kalopsida, Kalopsida (tomb 11) (place of excavation)

Identifiers

Accession no.
AN1896-1908.C.46, Ashmolean Museum · Museum record
Accession number (old format)
AN1896-1908 C.46, Ashmolean Museum

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