flask

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Object Type: flask
Museum number: 1905,1206.4
Description: Pottery Black-on-Red ware barrel flask; two slim double-ribbed handles; narrow neck with handle-ridge and wide spreading mouth; polished slip; decoration of rings round neck, cross-strokes on handles and concentrics on body.
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Archaic I
Production date: 750 BC-600 BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Materials: pottery
Ware: Black-On-Red Ware
Type series: Black-on-Red II
Technique: painted; slipped; polished
Dimensions: Height: 14.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C894)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Léon Morel
Acquisition date: 1901
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1905,1206.4

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