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Accession_Number REDMG:1964.1668.1
Shape Jar
Shape_description Unguent Jar. Miniature amphora with an everted rim, long and narrow neck, and foot with a concave base. Handles on either side and completely attached to the upper body.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Cypriote
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 5/4
Decoration Red to black wash around upper body, neck, and rim.
Inscriptions
Condition Part of the rim and foot are missing, surface of the body is uneven, and most of the wash is worn.
Technique/Style Wheel Made
Provenance Unknown
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.93.0254.jpg
Oblique view of a standing Cyriote unguent har, showing exterior pattern and missing part of the rim.

2003.93.0344.jpg
Front view of a standing Cyriote unguent jar, showing exterior pattern.
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Beazley_DB
Height 8.0
Diameters D. Body: 4.8; D.B.: 2.2; D. Mouth: 1.8
Handle_height
Other_dims. R.W.: 0.6
Location 2.1.2
Edited_by Marianne; Marianne; Joana Varela; Jayne
Date_edited 31.01.2008; 27.08.2009; 05.04.2017; 27.04.22
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH