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model
;
bath-tub
(?)
;
larnax
(?)
Object Type
model
bath-tub
(?)
larnax
(?)
Museum number
1896,0201.63
Description
Hand-made terracotta coarse ware model bathtub or larnax; rectulangular with curving indented sides; small boss-like handles on each corner, four in total; traces of red slip (?) on base.
Cultures/periods
Late Cypriot II
Late Cypriot III
Production date
1400BC-1100BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Curium
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Episkopi-Bamboula
, Site D, Tomb 102
Materials
terracotta
Technique
slipped
(?)
handmade
Dimensions
Width:
3.90 - 4.70 centimetres
Length:
8 centimetres
Curator's comments
This was originally described in the Register as a model pannier attachment for a figurine of a donkey. See Collard 2008 (with further refs) on bathtub models Late Bronze and early Iron Age Cyprus, as well as comments on GR 2010,5001.1 (probably from Kourion). Miniature bathtubs appear to be restricted to the LC III period, in which case the date of this example would be narrower (1200-1050 BC) than that suggested in the data-field. Bibliography: Collard D. 2008, Function and ethnicity: 'Bathtubs' from Late Bronze Age Cyprus. SIMA Pocket-book 171 (Sävedalen).
Bibliographic references
Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum
(A421)
Kiely 2011a / Kourion
(102.1)
Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus
(p. 81, Tomb 102, no. 9)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
From:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Curium
Funder name
Funded by:
Emma Tourner Turner
(bequest)
Acquisition date
1896
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1896,0201.63