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Objects: 1,265

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Triangles and Lozenges

Hatched, latticed and solid triangles and lozenges, with incised herringbone, used on Cypriot pottery from the Chalcolithic to the Cypro-Archaic period.

Within Geometric motifs

Concentric circles376
Wavy lines115
Zigzags and chevrons132
Lattice and checkerboard169
Maltese cross15
Swastika36
Triple crossing lines1
Arrows12
Wavy hooks2
Triangles and lozenges147
Meander2
Bands and lines663
Metopes and panels21
Ladder pattern68
Dots and dot rows63
Herringbone4
Concentric semicircles9
Rosette61
Guilloche and spiral61

Across the catalogue

Object types

Pottery vessel1,118
Terracotta figure-vessel27
Terracotta figurine26
Jewellery16
Box and container14
Stone sculpture12
Model10
Textile tool9

Wares

Bichrome ware (Iron Age)123
White Painted ware (Iron Age)115
Black-on-Red ware68
Black-on-Red II (IV)44
White Painted ware (Bronze Age)33
White Slip II33
Red Polished ware32
Bichrome IV28

Shapes

Jug153
Juglet145
Bowl106
Amphora102
Trefoil-mouthed jug72
Jar58
Dish and plate42
Sherd38

Styles

Free-Field Style15
String-hole Style9
Pendent Line Style6
Pastoral Style4
Latticed Diamond Style3
Coarse Linear Style1
Cross Line Style1
Soft Triglyphic Style1

Decoration techniques

Painted909
Painted in two colours218
Incised142
Incised and white-filled48
Relief and applied32
Modelled figures and attachments13
Carved11
Impressed and punctured10

Materials

Clay1,193
Limestone18
Ivory16
Gold14
Steatite10
Stone7
Copper and bronze5
Silver2

Periods

Cypro-Archaic174
Cypro-Geometric156
Cypro-Archaic I146
Late Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)109
Middle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)88
Cypro-Archaic II74
Late Cypriot I52
Cypro-Geometric III49

Places of production

Cyprus1,116
Mycenaean Greece1
Phoenicia1

Findspots

Enkomi72
Amathus65
Kourion44
Idalion31
Palaepaphos27
Gastria26
Bellapais-Vounous19
Episkopi-Bamboula18

Collections

The British Museum Collection604
The Metropolitan Museum of Art323
The Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville109
Alexis Drakopoulos78
National Museum Liverpool60
Archeological Museum, Kourion25
Cyprus Museum, Nicosia16
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna14

Objects

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'Astarte Terracotta Figure'
Archaic II
"Bichrome IV-V Trefoil Jug"
Archaic
"Bichrome Ware Bullseye Jug"
Archaic I
"Bichrome Wheelmade Jug"
Late Bronze Age I
"Black Slip Bichrome Flask"
Archaic
"Gilded Silver Rosette Disc"
Archaic
"Purple Brown Painted Bowl"
Late Bronze Age III
"Red and Black Bands Jug"
Archaic I
"White Painted Bird Askos"
Late Bronze Age I
"White Painted Cup"
Geometric
"White Painted Dish"
Geometric I
"White Painted Flask"
Geometric II
"White Painted Krater"
Geometric I
"White Painted Spouted Jug"
Geometric
"White Painted Vessel"
Geometric I
"White Slip II Bowl"
Late Bronze Age II
"White Slip Tankard"
Late Bronze Age II
"Zoomorphic Rattle"
Late Bronze Age I
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Geometric I
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Late Bronze Age III
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic
Amphora
Geometric III
Amphora
Archaic
Amphora
Geometric II
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Classical
Amphora
Geometric II
Amphora
Early Bronze Age I
Amphora
Geometric I
Amphora
Geometric I
Amphora
Classical
Amphora
Geometric I
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Geometric III
Amphora
Late Bronze Age III
Amphora
Geometric I
Amphora
Archaic
Amphora
Classical
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Late Bronze Age III