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Ritzdekor, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot complex vessel
Ritzdekor, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 2000–1800 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, IV 4473.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Middle Bronze Age I

Ritzdekor

Ritzdekor the small conical vessel with convex wall is Slightly curved in the shape of a horn.At the Bottom there is a round, Straight Mouth, Below the Mouth Rim Two String-Holes.The Incised Decoration Consists of Eight Horizontal Stripes, Separated by Simple Lines: Four Bands with Transversal Opposing Zigzag Line Groups and Three Bands With Two Or Three Rows of Strokes.Three Transversal Line Groups at the point of the foot.this small horn-shaped vessel was found at ayia paraskevi.a.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 H. 8,8 cm, Dm. 4 cm

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Decoration
Incised
Motifs
Zigzags and chevrons, Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi
Date
2000 - 1800 BC

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Accession No.

Antikensammlung, IV 4473

Collection

Vienna Museum

Provenance

  • Prehistoric department/nhm Vienna;1890 Purchase of M., without judge (Inv. 16.106);1981 exchange

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