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Jug, Excavated at Nea Paphos Cyprus. Cypriot pottery, Bronze Age Cypriot White Painted I. Jug with a large, oval, flattened belly, an indistinct foot, sloping shoulders, and a low narrow neck with a thickened outer edge of the spout. Small cylindrical vertical handle attached to the shoulders and spout, protruding slightly above the upper edge of the spout. Orange-cream clay with cream engobe. Painted geometric decoration in brown: on the neck, zigzag bands of three parallel horizontal lines between each band the highest at the edge of the spout; body decorated with vertical stripes bounded by lines, centers of the sides with a single-line zigzag; between them, two zigzags with a 4-mesh-wide grid pattern. A continuous horizontal line at the vessel bottom intersects the delimiting lines. Condition: slight loss at the rim; surface heavily worn and decoration poorly preserved in many places. Date: 1800–1650 BC Middle Cypriot period II–III. Origin: Cyprus., A rounded ceramic vessel with a small round opening and a short spout, showing a textured surface in beige and light tan with patches of pale orange and muted brown decorative markings, set against a uniform gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A01_012

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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 upper edge Orange-cream clay cream engobe Painted geometric decoration brown neck zigzag bands three parallel horizontal lines band highest edge body decorated vertical stripes bounded lines centers sides single-line zigzag them two zigzags 4-mesh-wide grid pattern 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 rounded ceramic vessel small round opening short spout showing textured surface beige light tan patches pale orange muted brown decorative markings set uniform gray background.