askos; vessel

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Object Type: askos; vessel
Museum number: 1898,1201.160
Description: Pottery zoomorphic vase in the form of a horned quadruped (perhaps a bull or ox) in Bichrome Wheelmade ware; wheel-made; cylindrical body on four stump feet; arcing basket handle extending from the back of the animal to the opening just behind the head; simple small opening at the beast's mouth for pouring; one horn restored; vessel made of fine buff clay with a self-slip, decorated with brown and red paint: panels on the side with cross-hatching and St. Andrew's crosses, brown and red bands around the neck, brown stripes on the head.
Cultures/periods: Late Cypriot I
Production date: 1650BC-1400BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus (Eastern)
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: The British Museum
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Maroni, Tomb 24
Materials: pottery
Ware: Bichrome Wheel-made Ware
Technique: wheel-made; slipped; painted
Dimensions: Height: 13.80 centimetres; Length: 16 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C802); Johnson 1980 / Maroni de Chypre (no. 191); SCE IV/1C / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition vol. IV. Part IC. The Late Cypriot Bronze Age. Architecture and pottery (p.120-121, Type VII, b); Kiely 2011b / Maroni (24.4)
Location: On display (G72/dc8)
Subjects: mammal
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1898,1201.160

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