Black Slip III Flask - image 1

Middle Bronze Age III

Black Slip III Flask

Pottery juglet or flask in Black Slip III; flattened oval body with convex sides and a flat base; narrow cylindrical neck with funnel-shaped rim, chipped on one side; string-hole handle at base of neck; made in greenish buff clay with traces of a black slip; decorated with incised patterns of groups of horizontal, parallel zigzag and straight lines with traces of whitish paste filling. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet; flask Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip III Techniques: handmade; incised; slipped

Date

1750 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1868,0905.2

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Dhali