Phoenician Red Slip Jug, Geometric III Cypriot

Geometric III

Phoenician Red Slip Jug

Pottery jug in Phoenician Red Slip ware; globular-ovoid body on a low foot; tall, tall narrow neck expanding to a funnel shape above the neck-ring; squared-rim; short handle from shoulder to neck ridge; made of buff clay with a lustrous red slip; surface very worn. Dimensions: Height: 18.70 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Red Slip Ware (Phoenician) Techniques: slipped; wheel-made; polished

Date

850 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1880,0710.79

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus (?)
  • Limassol (city) (?)

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