Jug

69-35-48

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 69-35-48
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 802A
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Polished IV
Description

Tomb 2A = Herscher Tomb 802A. Red polished IV jug with beak spout. Hard dark red-brown clay with dark gray interior, many small inclusions. Matt red-brown to mostly brown slip. Round base, ovoid body; conical neck, beak spout; vertical handle, round in section, from rim to upper body; pointed lug on front upper neck. Relief and incised decoration: relief crescent, each incised with three pairs of short vertical lines, one at front, either side, and below handle; sharp V-shaped relief band on front upper neck, incised with pairs of short lines; vertical row of hatching on front neck within the V, below it, and on lug; broken incised line parallel to rim. Cf. _SCE_ IV:1A, fig. LXVI.1-2; _Pierides_, no. 7.

Height 46 cm
Outside Diameter 27 cm
Credit Line Gift of Cincinnati Art Museum; Lapithos Cyprus Expedition 1931-1932; B. H. Hill, 1969
Other Number 59 - Other Number

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