Amphora

32-27-3000

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 32-27-3000
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 53A
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Slip III | Black Slip II
Description

Black Slip Painted II-III. Incomplete; not mended; preserving upper body, neck, rim and both handles. Depressed ovoid body; nearly straight neck; flaring , flat, inward sloping rim; 2 vertical handles from rim to shoulder. Band encircling interior just below rim; short transverse strokes across flat portion of rim; band encircling exterior of rim; tight wavy line encircling mid-neck; band encircling shoulder;body slipped and ribbed from shoulder down; ladder pattern on handles.

Outside Diameter 15.5 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition; B.H. Hill, 1932

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