Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/REDMG:1958.33.1

Accession_Number

REDMG:1958.33.1

Shape

Jug

Shape_description

Jug with bulbous body with delineated flat base. Single strap handle joins the upper body to the centre of the long neck with a funnel-shaped mouth ending with an everted rim.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Bichrome ware

Munsell_color

Decoration

Rim painted black. three horizontal lines around the upper body, one zigzag line around centre of the neck and single wide band around the base of the neck. Two narrow black horizontal bands around the upper body. Four sets of seven narrow black conentric circles and one wide red circle around the body. Horizontal and vertical bars on the outer handle.

Inscriptions

Condition

Some cracking and pitting on the surface and chipping around the rim. Paint worn in places. Wheel marks around the neck and upper body. 'Cyprus' written in pencil.

Technique/Style

Wheel made

Provenance

Unknown

Period

Cypro-Geometric I-II

Date

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2009.99.0001.jpg	Front-right side view of a Cypriote bichrome jug, showing the handle and the decor on the body.
2009.99.0002.jpg	Right side vbiew of a Cypriote bichrome jug, showing the handle and the decor on the body.
2009.99.0003.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote bichrome jug, showing the decor on the body.
2009.99.0004.jpg	Right-side view of a Cypriote bichrome jug, showing the handle and the decor on the body.
2009.99.0005.jpg	Back side view of a Cypriote bichrome jug, showing the handle and the decor on the body.
2009.99.0006.jpg	View of the base of a Cypriote bichrome jug.
2009.99.0007.jpg	Over head view of a Cypriote bichrome jug, showing the mouth.
2009.99.0008.jpg	Detail of a Cypriote bichrome jug, showing the handle and the neck.
2009.99.0009.jpg	Detail of a Cypriote bichrome jug, showing the connection between handle and neck.