
Middle Bronze Age II
White Painted String-hole Flask
Pottery flask in White Painted String-hole Style; oblong lenticular body with flattened base and cylindrical neck with beaked mouth; string-hole projections on either side of neck and down the side of the body; buff clay with yellowish buff slip; black painted decoration comprsies three horizontal panels with lattice pattern on the body and encircling lines on the neck. Dimensions: Height: 18.20 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted String-hole Style (SCE type X B 2b) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped
Date
1850 - 1650 BC
Accession No.
1982,0726.10
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Cyprus