amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1869,0604.23
Description: Pottery: White Painted I ware amphora; wheel-made; ovoid-globular body on a low ring base; tall cylindrical neck with slightly concave sides; everted rim; pair of opposing loop handles; on the base of the neck mid-way between handles is a conical knobs; made of buff clay with with small inclusions with surface fired a cream-buff finish; decorated with brown matt paint: hatched triangles on the shoulder and a large horizontal wavy lines on the body, solid paint on the neck, base and handles (the latter now very worn).
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Geometric I; Cypro-Geometric II
Production date: 1050 BC-900 BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Cyprus
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; wheel-made
Dimensions: Height: 39.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1869,0604.23
Conservation

Free entry