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 handle vise is placed in an arc above the base of the neck. Cream clay and cream surface with 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 handle is decorated with three groups of three transverse lines each, and the sides of the handle are painted black. The upper part of the body has eight sets of two wavy lines radiating from the base of the neck, bordered 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 each branch off from these horizontals and run toward the bottom, spaced irregularly and not all meeting at the center. Good condition: two small rim fragments missing and numerous small superficial flakes obscure some decoration. Date: 1800–1650 BC, Middle Cypriot period II–III, Cyprus; vessel., A round, worn object with a smooth surface sits against a plain background, showing a predominantly beige color with areas of light tan and off-white, and small darker specks and stains scattered across it; there are several faded markings in muted gray and a few smudges of darker gray, along with a small area of dull red, and faint linear scratches and scuffs creating subtle texture variations on the surface.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A01_004

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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- handle 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 handle decorated three groups three transverse lines sides painted black upper part body eight sets two wavy lines radiating bordered straight lines extend -third body's height meet three horizontal lines vessel's greatest bulge lower part four sets three lines branch off horizontals run bottom spaced irregularly meeting center Good condition two small rim fragments missing numerous small superficial flakes obscure decoration Date 1800–1650 Bc Middle Cypriot period II–III Cyprus vessel round worn object smooth surface sits plain background showing predominantly beige color areas light tan off-white small darker specks stains scattered across several faded markings muted gray smudges darker gray small area dull red faint linear scratches scuffs creating subtle texture variations surface.