Jug
Description: | Jug: A big Red Polished jug of a round and swollen body. The jug has a long concave neck with an everted circular rim and a handle from the mid neck to the shoulder. The jug has various cracks but it is generally in a good condition. The ware has a rich brown surface, the clay is well mixed with a grit straw and fired buff, the core on the body has grey tones. The jug was found in the chamber of the tomb 123 from the cemetery B together with 52.38.123.7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12. (Overall: 450 mm x x 310 mm; 17 11/16 in x x 12 3/16 in) - Made of Pottery Culture: Early Cypriot II |
Period: | Early Bronze Age III |
Date: | 2075 - 2000 BC |
Collection: | Liverpool Museum |
Provenance: | James Rivers Stewart, Excavator, Owned from: 1937E Stewart, Excavator, Owned from: 1937, Owned until: 1938Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, Donor, Owned until: 1952 |
References: | Cypriot Pottery in the Liverpool Museum, S C Tsielepi, Piotr Bienkowski, 1988, Page: 4Vounous 1937-38, Eleanor Stewart, James Stewart, 1950 |
Accession Number: | 52.38.123.1 |
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