Caption

Cypriot gourd jug, Excavations at Nea Paphos Cyprus. Cypriot pottery, Cypriot Bichrome Ware III. Small vessel with a barrel-shaped gourd-shaped body, without a foot, with a spherical bottom. On both shorter sides the center is marked with a small protruding point. A single ring-shaped handle on the longer side, mounted above half the height of the body and at the base of the neck, curved downwards. Quite long neck, strongly flaring, conical spout. Yellow clay with yellow-brownish engobe. Decoration in black-brown and matte red: the spout externally has a wide matte red band beneath a narrower black band; the belly on both sides has two groups of three concentric black-and-brown lines of varying widths and spacing, with the outer line in the groups on the shorter sides much wider than the others. Protruding points are marked in black-and-brown. Date: 850–700 BC. Cyprus, vessel., A rounded ceramic vessel with a single curved handle and a flared neck is centered against a plain light gray background; the vessel is primarily beige with darker brown painted areas including concentric circular bands on the body and a brown band near the rim, and the surface shows signs of wear and small chips.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A00_495

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Keywords

Cypriot gourd jug Excavations Nea Paphos Cyprus Cypriot pottery Cypriot Bichrome Ware III Small vessel barrel-shaped gourd-shaped body foot spherical bottom shorter sides center marked small protruding point single ring-shaped handle longer side mounted half height body base neck curved downwards Quite long neck strongly flaring conical spout Yellow clay yellow-brownish engobe Decoration black-brown matte red spout externally wide matte red band beneath narrower black band belly sides two groups three concentric black- -brown lines varying widths spacing outer line groups wider Protruding points black- -brown Date 850–700 Bc Cyprus vessel rounded ceramic vessel single curved handle flared neck centered plain light gray background primarily beige darker brown painted areas concentric circular bands brown band near rim surface signs wear small chips.