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bottle
Object Type
bottle
Museum number
1897,0401.827
Description
Pottery White Painted Cross Line Style bottle with two string-hole projections either side of cylindrical neck with flaring rim; flattened base; hand-made; body and neck painted with orangey-brown to brown sets of crossed oblique lines.
Cultures/periods
Middle Cypriot III
(?)
Late Cypriot I
(?)
Production date
1750BC-1550BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Enkomi
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Enkomi
, tomb 10
Materials
pottery
Ware
White Painted Ware
Type series
White Painted Cross Line Style
(SCE type III A 1a)
Technique
painted
slipped
handmade
Dimensions
Diameter:
6.60 centimetres
Height:
9.80 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(C292)
SCE IV/1B / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Vol. IV/ 1B The Middle Cypriot Bronze Age
(III A 1a, p. 65)
Crewe 2009 / Enkomi
(10.2)
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
1897,0401.827