Late Bronze Age I

Base Ring Tankard

Pottery tankard in Base Ring I ware; handmade; depressed piriform body with a ring base and a wide neck tapering to a circular mouth with a flat rim; high strap handle from rim to shoulder, incised with a herringbone pattern; buff clay with mottled brown, lustrous slip; decorated with antitheical spirals on the front of the body and relief rings just below the ring and at the neck base. Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring I (SCE type VIIA1b) Techniques: slipped; handmade