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juglet
Object Type
juglet
Museum number
1884,1210.40
Description
Pottery tripod juglet in White Painted String-hole Style ware; handmade; globular body supported on three small feet; forward-sloping tapering neck with oval opening on one side; strap handle from mid-neck to shoulder; two string-hole projections on neck and four around body; orange-buff clay and slip with brown painted decoration of black lattice-triangles qnd zigzag lines; mended at the neck.
Cultures/periods
Middle Cypriot II
(MCII-III)
Middle Cypriot III
Production date
1850 BC- 1650 BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Max Ohnefalsch-Richter
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Phoenikiais
, tomb
Materials
pottery
Ware
White Painted Ware
Type series
White Painted String-hole Style
(SCE type VIIB 1e)
Technique
handmade
painted
slipped
Dimensions
Height:
17 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(C281)
SCE IV/1B / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Vol. IV/ 1B The Middle Cypriot Bronze Age
(VII B 1e, p.39)
CVA British Museum 1 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 1, British Museum 1
(pl. 5.38)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated through:
Claude Delaval Cobham
Acquisition date
1884
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1884,1210.40