Late Bronze Age II

White Slip Tankard

Pottery White Slip II (Early) ware tankard; hand-made; neck tapering to everted rim with flat top edge; little differentiation between neck and globular body join; vertical lug at neck-body join opposite handle; ring base; vertical strap handle with horned thumb projection from rim to shoulder; slightly lustrous cream slip with thick dark brown painted decoration; neck with three sets of vertical framed double hatched lozenges with horizontal dotted band and vertical lozenge rows between, two rosettes near lug; vertical row of hatched diamonds under handle; body with horizontal lattice with pendant alternating lattice and framed hatched lozenges; at front of body two vertical lozenge rows with arcs; cross and circle on base; vertical wavy lines down handle exterior; rim and neck interior with dotted bands, framed double lines and wavy lines; lozenge rows either side of lug. Dimensions: Diameter: 12.80 centimetres; Height: 20.70 centimetres Object Type: tankard Ware: White Slip Ware (Cypriot) Series: White Slip II (early) Techniques: painted; slipped; handmade