tankard
- Museum number
- 1897,0401.1144
- Description
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Pottery tankard in Bichrome Wheelmade ware; wide cylindrical neck with high vertical handle from rim to shoulder; carinated shoulder and low ring base; decorated in thin reddish brown and dark brown paint; on the neck are two pairs of confronted male figures; one pair seem to be shaking hands, one figure of the other pair, who is armed with a mace and a dagger or sword, appears to be attacking the other, who is unarmed; the three unarmed figures are wearing long robes and the attacking figure is wearing a short kilt; vertical wavy and straight lines to one side of the handle; framed double zig-zag band on shoulder; dashes on rim interior; buff self-slipped surface.
- Production date
- 1650BC-1450BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 13 centimetres
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Height: 20.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Additional bibliography: C. Epstein, Palestinian Bichrome Ware, Leiden: Brill (1966); P. Åström ed., The chronology of Base-Ring ware and Bichrome Wheel-made ware, Stockholm: Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (2001).
- Location
- On display (G72/dc5)
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1897,0401.1144
