askos

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Object Type: askos
Museum number: 1898,1201.159
Description: Hand-made pottery: White Painted V-VI askos in form of quadruped; trefoil spouted mouth in place of head; short stumpy legs, fused at front and back; short tail; arching strap handle on back; buff clay with brown striped decoration; clay shaved with a tool; chipped on rim and part of tail missing; paint worn on one side.
Cultures/periods: Late Cypriot I
Production date: 1600BC-1200BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: The British Museum
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Maroni, Tomb 24
Materials: pottery
Ware: White Painted Ware
Type series: White Painted V (WP V-VI); White Painted VI
Technique: handmade; painted; shaved
Dimensions: Height: 8 centimetres; Length: 11.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C704); Johnson 1980 / Maroni de Chypre (no. 190); SCE IV/1B / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Vol. IV/ 1B The Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (p.76, Type XIII, b, α,); Kiely 2011b / Maroni (24.2)
Location: On display (G72/dc8)
Subjects: mammal
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1898,1201.159
Conservation: Treatment: 28 Nov 2012

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