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Accession_Number REDMG:1958.23.1
Shape Jug
Shape_description Wide body that tapers at the bottom towards a slightly convex base. The rounded base forces the jug to lean to one side. The tall narrow neck has an everted rim. Single, wide flat strap handle joins the base of the rim and the shoulder.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Cypriote
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Incised geometric decor on the body accentuated with appliqué. Geometric motifs consist of zigzags, triangles, and two horizontal lines around the centre of the body and two more around the base of the neck.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact and complete
Technique/Style Hand made
Provenance Unknown
Period Early Cypriote
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2009.99.0029.jpg		Oblique right-side view of an Early Cypriote jar.

2009.99.0030.jpg		Detail of an Early Cypriote jar, showing the body.

2009.99.0031.jpg		Right-side view of an Early Cypriote jar.

2009.99.0032.jpg		Back view of an Early Cypriote jar.

2009.99.0033.jpg		Left-side view of an Early Cypriote jar.

2009.99.0034.jpg		Side view of an Early Cypriote jar.

2009.99.0035.jpg		View of the base of an Early Cypriote jar.

2009.99.0036.jpg		Top view of an Early Cypriote jar showing the mouth.

2009.99.0037.jpg		Over head view of an Early Cypriote jar, showing the mouth.
Comparanda Decaudin (1987) p. 129, #127, pl. 5.
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 11.5
Diameters Body 8.6; Base 3.4; Rim 2.5
Handle_height 4.5
Other_dims.
Location Reading Museum
Edited_by Marianne
Date_edited 08.07.2009
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