Jug

69-35-17

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 69-35-17
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 jug with cutaway spout. Bright orange clay with thick very dark gray interior. Dark red slip. Round base, globular body; conical neck, cutaway spout; vertical handle from rim to upper body (damaged). Relief and incised decoration: on neck, puncture knob at either side of upper handle attachment; on handle (preserved), incised vertical line with horizontal row of four dots to the left. Cf. 801.8.

Height 45.5 cm
Outside Diameter 28.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Cincinnati Art Museum; Lapithos Cyprus Expedition 1931-1932; B. H. Hill, 1969
Other Number 19 - Field No SF | 21 - Other Number

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