oinochoe; jug

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Object Type: oinochoe; jug
Museum number: 1880,0710.17
Description: Pottery oinochoe or jug; wheel-made; oval body on a ring base; wide cylindrical neck with a trefoil mouth; plain strap handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay with a thin matt black slip (extending inside the rim), decorated with horizontal incised lines around the rim, neck and shoulder and vertical flutings down the body as far as the base, made with a rounded tool.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 900BC-750BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Aradhippou, tomb
Materials
Ware
Type series
Technique: slipped; wheel-made
Dimensions: Height: 17.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: Circumstances of the discovery of the tomb recorded in the Book of Presents, Supplementary I, no. 2868 and Reports 1879-90, Greek and Roman Antiquities, 8th July 1880. Summarised by Bailey 1968, pp. 36-41 along with full description and interpretation of the material.
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C1011); Bailey 1970 / The village priest's tomb at Aradippou in Cyprus (p. 49; fig. 3; pl. XIX); CVA British Museum 9 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 17, British Museum 9 (BM II, C, c, pl. 17, 15)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1880,0710.17

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