juglet;
flask
- Museum number
- 1880,0710.7
- Description
-
Pottery juglet or flask in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a turned base, slightly concave underneath; narrow neck with central ridge, flaring outwards to a trumpet mouth; buff-brown clay and red glossy slip, decorated with black paint: concentric bands on the body, groups of concentric circles arranged around the shoulder, single bands on the neck; restored from sherds.
- Production date
- 750BC-600BC
- Dimensions
-
Height: 12 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. Wrongly stated to be from Amathus in the CVA entry.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1880,0710.7
