Caption

Jug, excavations at Nea Paphos Cyprus — Cypriot pottery, Bronze Age White Painted IV. The jug has a pear-shaped belly, a tall tapering neck, and a three-part spout. The base is gently rounded. A small vertical ribbon-like vise is placed in an arc above the base of the neck. Cream clay with a cream surface. Geometric decoration in black: the neck is covered with densely spaced straight and wavy lines; the interior of the spout is similarly decorated. At the base of the neck this decoration terminates with a horizontal line. The outside of the vise is decorated with three groups of three transverse lines each, and the sides of the vise are painted black. The upper part of the body bears eight sets of two wavy lines radiating from the base of the neck, bordered laterally by straight lines; these extend to about one-third of the body's height where they meet three horizontal lines around the vessel's greatest bulge. In the lower part four sets of three lines branch off from these horizontals, running toward the bottom, spaced irregularly and not all meeting at the center. Good condition: two small fragments of the rim are missing; numerous small superficial flakes obscure legibility of the decoration. 1800–1650 BC; Middle Cypriot Period II–III, Cyprus; vessel., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck and flared, slightly pinched rim is shown against a plain background; the vessel has a handle joining the neck to the shoulder and is decorated with painted bands and wavy motifs in muted gray over a light beige clay, with areas of wear where the gray paint appears faded and the beige surface shows through.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A01_002

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Keywords

Jug excavations Nea Paphos Cyprus Cypriot pottery Bronze Age White Painted Iv jug pear-shaped belly tall tapering neck three-part spout base gently rounded small vertical ribbon- vise placed arc Cream clay cream surface Geometric decoration black covered densely spaced straight wavy lines interior spout similarly decorated decoration terminates horizontal line outside decorated three groups three transverse lines sides painted black upper part body bears eight sets two wavy lines radiating bordered laterally straight lines extend -third body's height meet three horizontal lines vessel's greatest bulge lower part four sets three lines branch off horizontals running bottom spaced irregularly meeting center Good condition two small fragments rim missing numerous small superficial flakes obscure legibility decoration 1800–1650 Bc Middle Cypriot Period II–III Cyprus vessel rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck flared slightly pinched shown plain background handle joining shoulder painted bands wavy motifs muted gray light beige clay areas wear gray paint faded beige surface .