Amphora

49-12-456

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Kaloriziki

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 49-12-456
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Kaloriziki
Site Name Kourion
Locus Tomb 18:20
Period Cypro-Archaic I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique White Painted IV
Description

Complete but chipped. Slightly tapering neck; rather high ring base. Clay: gritty gray at core to pink and gray-blue. Paint: thin gray-purple. 2 bands on interior rim. Horizontal zigzag on outer face of rim. Neck solid but for band of narrow reserved lines just under rim and below mid-neck. Below handles 2 wide bands. Paint on handles continued down onto body. Handle-zone: horizontal wavy line with short gentle undulations. Mid-shoulder: outlined zone of multiple fine bends.

Height 44 cm
Width 40 cm
Outside Diameter 30 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, J. F. Daniel, 1949
Other Number P281 - Field No SF

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