Vessel, flask, black slip
Production date
2000 BCE-1600 BCE
Country
Cyprus
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Object detail
Description
Flask - Black Slip: "Black Slip II Ware juglet. Depressed piriform body with unevenly rounded base. Narrow cylindrical slightly backward-sloping neck with cut-away spout. Vertical loop handle from mid-neck to shoulder, rectangular in section. Cream clay with thin black to dark brown slip, lightly burnished. Relief decoration. String-hole projections, horizontally pierced, at neck-base opposite handle, at handle/shoulder join, on either side of upper neck and on either side of spout, in the same contour as the line of the rim. Horizontally pierced projection on top of handle. On mid body and shoulder two groups of three low parallel horizontal ridges, with a small relief circle between, at centre of each side. On lower body a horizontal wavy line. On front and rear, below and opposite handle, three vertical parallel ridges. Horizontal ridge at neck-base, horizontal wavy line at mid-neck, two horizontal ridges on upper neck and two on upper spout. Vertical wavy line on surface on handle between projections.(Webb, Jennifer M., 1997 "Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities", Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. XX: p.3)
Classification
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Food and Drink Consumption flask
ARCHAEOLOGY Cypriot flask
ARCHAEOLOGY Cypriot flask
Production date
2000 BCE-1600 BCE
Production place
Measurements
L140mm x W97mm x D96mm
Media/Materials description
Pottery
Cream clay with thin black to dark brown slip, lightly burnished.
Cream clay with thin black to dark brown slip, lightly burnished.
Signature/Marks
decoration
History and use
The off centre form of this vessel may have been useful to keep oils from spilling or dripping. Black slip ware juglet with beaked spout and spiral bands in relief.
Associated person
Registration number
H14521
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