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Object Type
Museum number: 1880,0710.103
Description: Pottery dish in White Painted/Bichrome ware; wheel-made;shallow body with convex sides on a low ring base; slightly everted rim; pair of opposing lug handles, triangular shaped with, pierced at the apex with small projects at each side. Made of orange clay with a buff slip and decorated with red to purple and brown paint: on the exterior are red-purple concentric bands of varying widths (including within the area of the ring base), on the interior are brown concentric bands. Surface chipped and worn in many places, and the slip is missing over a large portion of the interior.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 900 BC-750 BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus (?); Excavated/Findspot: Limassol (city) (?)
Materials
Ware: White Painted Ware; Bichrome Ware
Type series: White Painted III; Bichrome III
Technique: painted; pierced; slipped; wheel-made
Dimensions: Diameter: 17.50 centimetres; Height: 5 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1880,0710.103

Free entry