Archaic I
Free Field Barrel Jug
Oinochoe of the barrel type, bichrome, with detailed free field bird in between two sets of concentric circles
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- JugBarrel jug
- Style
- Free-Field Style
- Decoration
- PaintedPainted in two colours
- Motifs
- Bird, Concentric circles
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic I
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
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