Jug

69-35-57

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 69-35-57
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 802B
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Polished III
Description

Tomb 2B = Herscher Tomb 802B. Red polished III jug with round spout. Incomplete. Light brown to yellow clay with thin light gray interior, large black inclusions. Thick crackled dark red-brown slip. Round base, ovoid body; tall conical neck, round spout, flaring rim; vertical handle, rectangular in section, from lower neck to upper body; small vertical handle, rectangular in section, at neckline opposite large handle. Relief decoration: horizontal impressed bands, three on upper body, two groups of three on neck, two vertical below large handle; incised hatching preserved on handle.

Height 67 cm
Outside Diameter 32.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Cincinnati Art Museum; Lapithos Cyprus Expedition 1931-1932; B. H. Hill, 1969
Other Number 80 - Field No SF | 10 - Other Number

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