Amphora

69-35-11

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 69-35-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 801
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Polished II
Description

Tomb 1 = Herscher, Tomb 801. Red polished II smphora. Orange clay with large black inclusions. Crackled dark red lustrous slip, flaking, on interior and exterior. Flat base, ovoid body, conical neck, slightly flaring rim; two opposed vertical handles from mid-neck to upper body. Undecorated. Cf. _SCE_ IV:1A, fig. CX.4, 5.

Height 40 cm
Outside Diameter 32 cm
Credit Line Gift of Cincinnati Art Museum; Lapithos Cyprus Expedition 1931-1932; B. H. Hill, 1969
Other Number 17 - Field No SF | 13 - Other Number

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