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Accession_Number

14.9.5

Shape

Amphora

Shape_description

Broad necked amphora with wide mouth; two handles descending from rim to rounded body; small, flat base

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 6/6

Decoration

Inside of mouth and rim are black but remainder of interior is reserved. Handles, black on top and reserved underneath. Slight lip to mouth with black band below and then another at base of neck (white spots superimposed on front only). At base of handles are wavy lines and below is a decoration of three black bands. Base is reserved. Graeco-Phoenician.

Inscriptions

Condition

Paint flaked away inside mouth. Slight chip in rim. The clay has discoloured maybe due to age of firing. Black deposits inside.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Probably from Enkomi

Period

Early Archaic

Date

7 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.92.0235.jpg	Bottom view of an (upside down) Cypriot amphora, showing reserved base and underside of body.
2003.92.0236.jpg	Top view of a Cypriot amphora, showing tops of handles and rim (origionally painted black), and interior.
2003.92.0237.jpg	Back view of a Cypriot amphora, showing decoration on rounded body, and handles.
2003.92.0238.jpg	Side view of a Cypriot amphora, showing decoration on rounded body, and one handle painted black.
2003.92.0239.jpg	Front view of a Cypriot amphora, showing decoration on rounded body, and handles.
2003.92.0240.jpg	Side view of a Cypriot amphora, showing rounded body with decoration and one handle, painted black.
2003.92.0241.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly above, of the front of a Cypriot amphora, showing the decorated body.
2010.99.0047.jpg	Back view of a Cypriot amphora, showing decoration on rounded body, and handles.
2010.99.0048.jpg	Side view of a Cypriot amphora, showing rounded body with decoration and one handle, painted black.
2010.99.0049.jpg	Front view of a Cypriot amphora, showing decoration on rounded body, and handles.
2010.99.0050.jpg	Side view of a Cypriot amphora, showing decoration on rounded body, and one handle painted black.
2010.99.0051.jpg	Top view of a Cypriot amphora on its side, showing tops of handles and rim (origionally painted black), and interior.
2010.99.0052.jpg	Bottom view of an Cypriot amphora on its side, showing reserved base and underside of body.
2010.99.0053.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of the front of a Cypriot amphora, showing the decorated body and interior as well.