juglet

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Object Type
Museum number: 1884,1210.37
Description: Pottery juglet in Black Slip II ware; handmade; globular body with round base and narrow neck with everted rim; string-hole handle from the base of neck to shoulder; small projection on shoulder opposite the handle; buff clay with traces of brown slip; incised decoration of lines and zig-zags.
Cultures/periods: Middle Cypriot II (MCII-III); Middle Cypriot III
Production date: 1850 BC - 1650 BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Phoenikiais, tomb
Materials
Ware
Type series
Technique: handmade; slipped; incised
Dimensions: Height: 7.50 centimetres (max)
Curator's comments: Similar to juglets in Stewart (1988, fig. 25.15 and 16) Bibliography Stewart, J.R., 1988. Corpus of Cypriot Artefacts of the Early Bronze Age. Part I, Stewart, E. and Åström, P., (eds), SIMA Vol. III:1, Göteborg.
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C94); SCE IV/1B / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Vol. IV/ 1B The Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (p.100); CVA British Museum 1 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 1, British Museum 1 (pl. 4.10)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1884
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1884,1210.37

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