Caption

Jug, Excavated at Nea Paphos Cyprus. Cypriot pottery, Bronze Age Cypriot White Painted I. Jug with a large, oval, flattened belly, indistinct foot, sloping shoulders, low narrow neck with thickened outer edge of the spout. Small cylindrical vertical handle attached to the shoulders and spout, protruding slightly above the spout edge. Orange-cream clay with cream engobe. Painted geometric decoration in brown: neck with zigzag bands of three parallel horizontal lines between each band highest at spout edge; body with vertical stripes bounded by lines, centers of the sides with a single-line zigzag; between them two zigzags with a grid pattern four meshes wide. A continuous horizontal line at the vessel bottom intersects the delimiting lines. Condition: slight loss at rim; surface heavily worn and decoration poorly preserved in many places. Date: 1800–1650 BC, Middle Cypriot period II–III. Origin: Cyprus., An oval, light beige ceramic vessel with a rounded body and a small central opening is shown against a plain gray background; the vessel surface has subtle variations of sandy beige and pale tan with areas of soft orange-brown discoloration and faint darker brown geometric painted markings, and a small protruding spout-like rim surrounds the opening.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A01_011

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Keywords

Jug Excavated Nea Paphos Cyprus Cypriot pottery Bronze Age Cypriot White Painted I large oval flattened belly indistinct foot sloping shoulders low narrow neck thickened outer edge spout Small cylindrical vertical handle attached shoulders protruding slightly spout edge Orange-cream clay cream engobe Painted geometric decoration brown neck zigzag bands three parallel horizontal lines band highest body vertical stripes bounded lines centers sides single-line zigzag them two zigzags grid pattern four meshes wide continuous horizontal line vessel bottom intersects delimiting lines Condition slight loss rim surface heavily worn decoration poorly preserved places Date 1800–1650 Bc Middle Cypriot period II–III Origin Cyprus light beige ceramic vessel rounded body small central opening shown plain gray background vessel surface subtle variations sandy beige pale tan areas soft orange-brown discoloration faint darker brown geometric painted markings small protruding spout- rim surrounds opening.