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Phoenician Pilgrim Flask

Pottery lentoid flask ('pilgrim flask') in Phoencian ware or a local Cypriot version; wheel-made; lentoid globular body; narrow neck with a flaring mouth (one half now missing); pair of opposing handles from shoulder to mid neck. Made of fairly coarse orange-buff clay (numerous fine black inclusions), the surface fired a lighter buff-pink; decorated with black and red-purple paint: concentric bands on both sides of the body. Surface and painted very worn and cracked in places. Dimensions: Height: 13.50 centimetres Object Type: flask Techniques: painted; wheel-made