alabastron

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Object Type: alabastron
Museum number: 1897,0401.1252
Description: Pottery alabastron of Base Ring I ware; hand-made; short cylindrical neck with everted rim; biconical body with slightly flattened base; three horizontal pierced lugs spaced around shoulder; thin, lustrous reddish brown to dark brown slip; burnished; decorated in white paint above shoulder with framed band of concentric chevrons with a central line between handles, dots on rim; fabric light brown; small hole in side.
Cultures/periods: Late Cypriot II
Production date: 1450BC-1340BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Turner Bequest Excavations, Enkomi
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Enkomi, tomb 88
Materials: pottery
Ware: Base Ring Ware
Type series: Base Ring I
Technique: painted; pierced; handmade; slipped; burnished
Dimensions: Diameter: 10 centimetres; Height: 6 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C169); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (P34, Fig 62); Crewe 2009 / Enkomi (88.19)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: From: Turner Bequest Excavations, Enkomi
Funder name: Funded by: Emma Tourner Turner (bequest)
Acquisition date: 1897
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1897,0401.1252

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