
Archaic I
Bichrome Jar
Small bichrome jar covered in black slip geometric elements
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jar
- Decoration techniques
- Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic I
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
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- Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03748a. Public domain (CC0).
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