flask; jug

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Object Type: flask; jug
Museum number: 1869,0604.20
Description: Pottery barrel-shaped jug in Bichrome ware; barrel-shaped body; tall cylindrical neck with prominent neck-ridge, flaring to an everted rim; flat handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; buff clay and slip decorated in red and black paint: concentric bands on the neck and body, the latter framing a maltese cross on each end of the barrel, and hatched triangles and lozenges below the neck.
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Geometric (CG II-III)
Production date: 950BC-750BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Cyprus
Materials: pottery
Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome II)
Technique: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Dimensions: Height: 25 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C795)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Thomas Backhouse Sandwith
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1869,0604.20

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