Jug

32-27-586

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 32-27-586
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 52
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black-on-Red III | Black-on-Red I
Description

Black-on-Red jug; Incomplete; much of neck and rim broken away; paint and slip badly worn. Light buff fabric, evenly fired; red slip is thin, flaky, brownish and matte; dark brown paint is fugitive. Slightly concave base; ovoid body with greatest diameter at low shoulder toward belly; short concave flaring neck; thin plain rim; vertical handle from neck to shoulder. Traces of black painted bands around shoulder and belly; traces of black paint on handle.

Height 11.5 cm
Outside Diameter 8.5 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition; B.H. Hill, 1932
Other Number 914 - Field No SF | 8 - Other Number

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