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Accession_Number E.62.56
Shape Flask
Shape_description Poppy flask, with a fat body, long bottle neck with spreading lip, large handle. Two moulded rings round neck at junction with handle. Foot conical. Cf. Sydney, Nicholson 52.412, from Abydos (Base-ring I Ware)
Material Terracotta
Fabric Cypriote
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/6
Decoration Glazed dark (black), with relief decoration around the neck
Inscriptions
Condition Broken lip, nearly half missing, chipping in areas of the body.
Technique/Style Base-ring Ware
Provenance
Period Late Cypriote I (?)
Date 1650-1475 (?)
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Right side view of a Base-ring Ware juglet.

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Right side view of a Base-ring Ware juglet.

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Left side view of a Base-ring Ware juglet.

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Bottom view of a Base-ring Ware juglet, showing the concave base.

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Top view of a Base-ring Ware juglet.

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Left side view of a Base-ring Ware juglet.

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Right side view of a Cypriot Base-ring ware juglet.

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Left-side view of a Cypriote base ring ware juglet in the shape of a poppy.

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Front view of a Cypriote base ring ware juglet in the shape of a poppy.

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Right side view of a Cypriote base ring ware juglet in the shape of a poppy.

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Rear view of a Cypriote base ring ware juglet in the shape of a poppy.

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Above view of a Cypriote base ring ware juglet in the shape of a poppy.
Comparanda CCA 20 # 121-123; CCA 23 #899-900.
Bibliography Webb. Jennifer M., ‘Cypriote Antiquities in the Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney’, CCA 20, Paul Åstroms Förlag, Jonsered, 2001; Nys, Karin and Paul Åström, with contributions by Karl-Erik Sjöquist, José-Luis García Ramón and Jean-Pierre Olivier, ‘Cypriote antiquities in public collections in Denmark’, CCA 23, Paul Åströms Förlag, Sävedalen, 2004.
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 13.1
Diameters D.B.: 5.3; D.R.: 3.3
Handle_height 5.7
Other_dims. Foot 2.8
Location Egypt
Edited_by Alexandra; Kinsey; Marianne; Marianne
Date_edited 17.08.2004; 09.01.2006; 08.06.2007; 16.07.2007
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