Jug

69-35-32

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 69-35-32
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 802A
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Polished III
Description

Tomb 2A = Herscher Tomb 802A. Red polished III double-necked jug. Fragmentary. Fine soft light red-brown clay with very light gray interior in places. Thick lustrous red slip. Round base, body not restored; two cylindrical necks with round spout, everted rim; Y-shaped vertical handle, rectangular in section, from mid-necks to upper body, with vertical projection on top. Incised decoration (preserved): groups of parallel lines, multiple zigzags, hatched bands; on neck, groups of short horizontal lines; on handle, group of four horizontal lines on projection, herringbone below. Cf. _SCE_ IV:1A, fig. XCV.10; Dikaios, _Vounous_, pl. XXIII.c, d; for decoration, cf. _SCE_ IV:1A, fig. XCV.6.

Height 18 cm
Outside Diameter 6.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Cincinnati Art Museum; Lapithos Cyprus Expedition 1931-1932; B. H. Hill, 1969
Other Number 34 - Other Number

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