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White Painted Jar
Tall white painted jar with thin neck and small internal volume. Wavy lines on waist.
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jar
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Wavy lines
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Date
- 1050 - 600 BC
Collection
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