Late Bronze Age III
Jug
Jug: Small jug with a standard ring base, a round body, a thin and short neck that slightly opens out at the top and is defined by clay ridges. A ridge is also at the base of the neck. The jug has a strap type handle from the shoulder to the rim. The decoration is of the Black Slip Bucchero type with vertical ribs all over the body and a red wash slip. The clay is grey and unevenly but hard fired with pink surfaces The jug has been restored in areas of the body and possibly joined together by different big sherds. There are a few long cracks all over its body. (Overall: 180 mm x x 130 mm) - Made of Pottery Culture: Late Cypriot III
Date
1200 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
56.218.69
Collection
Liverpool Museum
Provenance
- St Andrews University and Liverpool Museums Kouklia Expedition, Previous owner, Division of Finds, Owned from: 1955, Donation (by Excavation Subscription), Owned until: 1956
References
- Cypriot Pottery in the Liverpool Museum, S C Tsielepi, Piotr Bienkowski, 1988, Page: 12Kouklia. Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Tombs at Palaephaphos 1951-954. Excavations of the Liverpool City Museum and St Andres University Expedition to Palaepaphos, H.W. Catling, Page: Volume I, 64, Plate: Volume II, 123