Jug - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Jug

Jug: A wheel made, medium size, plain and complete jug with a flat base, a tall ovoid body, a thick neck and a rim that opens up in a ring at the top. The jug has a vertical handle from the shoulder to the rim and a ridge at the neck base. The jug has red traces on its body that could be due to the firing process, the overall appearance is yellow and the clay is buff, quite gritty. The jug was evently fired medium hard. It has a greenish wet smoothed surface finish. (Overall: 305 mm x 200 mm) - Made of Pottery Culture: Late Cypriot III

Date

1200 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

56.218.13

Collection

Liverpool Museum

Provenance

  • St Andrews University and Liverpool Museums Kouklia Expedition, Previous owner, …

References

  • Cypriot Pottery in the Liverpool Museum, S C Tsielepi, Piotr Bienkowski, 1988, P…