Jug - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Jug

Jug: Small jug. wheel made of buff and very sandy clay. It is complete apart from the handle missing. It has a high ring foot, a biconical body, an everted rim and a ridge around the base of the neck. The jug was descirbed as of Plain White type but the shape is too small for that type and may be just a unique or generic piece. The clay has some gritand was fired evenly medium hard. The slip is wet and smooth and of its own clay. (Overall: 120 mm x 81 mm x 41 mm) - Made of Pottery Culture: Late Cypriot IIC; Late Cypriot IIIA

Date

1200 - 1100 BC

Accession No.

56.218.68

Collection

Liverpool Museum

Provenance

  • St Andrews University and Liverpool Museums Kouklia Expedition, Previous owner, …

References

  • Cypriot Pottery in the Liverpool Museum, S C Tsielepi, Piotr Bienkowski, 1988, P…