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Black Slip Oinochoe

Pottery oinochoe or jug; wheel-made; oval body on a ring base; wide cylindrical neck with a trefoil mouth; plain strap handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay with a thin matt black slip (extending inside the rim), decorated with horizontal incised lines around the rim, neck and shoulder and vertical flutings down the body as far as the base, made with a rounded tool. Dimensions: Height: 17.50 centimetres Object Type: oinochoe; jug Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip II Techniques: slipped; wheel-made

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1880,0710.17

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Aradhippou