Middle Bronze Age II

Ritzdekor

Ritzdekor The miniature jug belongs to one in the red and in the Black Polished goods popular type that occurs at the beginning of the middle Bronze Age.The pottery workshops of the Black Polished Ware are suspected after the numerous grave finds in Vounos.The elongated, irregularly conical vascular body has a flattened floor and a short neck with a steep beak outlet;A vertical eyelet index is attached on the back of the edge of the output.The Ritzdekor consists of two horizontal all -round strips on the body, separated by two parallel horizontal lines.The strips are framed on the shoulder and above the edge of the floor by five parallel horizontal lines.Alternating four groups of horizontal lines with two standing, concentric angles in the upper strip;In the lower zone, three groups of horizontal lines with three hanging concentric angles are arranged.There are four parallel horizontal lines on the neck and output tip.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 H. 12,1 cm, Dm. 4,6 cm