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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/47.2.21

Accession_Number

47.2.21

Shape

Bell

Shape_description

Bell, with a rounded lower edge, narrowing sharply and then tapering slowly to a rounded shoulder, where it is attached to a round knob, hollowed on one side, thickened on the other, pierced with a hole; there is another hole in the top of the bell, just below the hollowed part of the knob. A hand-modeled striking ball is attached, with a thin piece of jute string, knotted through the top hole and lowered through the bottom hole.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Medium-grained

Munsell_color

7.5YR 6/4

Decoration

Three careless thick vertical bands of white slip, which start just below the join of the knob and the bell, and slip onto the underside of the bell; otherwise reserved. Striations on the inside and outside of the bell indicate that it was formed on a wheel, although the knob and striking ball were probably not.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact; string not original, and therefore striking ball may not be original. Surface worn, with medium-brown deposits.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Said to be from old tombs in Cyprus, ca. 1900.

Period

Date

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Artist

Attribution

Image

2005.02.0293.jpg	Oblique view of a Cypriote bell, showing the rounded body and decoration of vertical bands of white slip.
2005.02.0294.jpg	Front view of the bottom of a Cypriote bell on its side, showing the base and hand-modeled striking ball interior.
2005.02.0295.jpg	Oblique view of a Cypriote bell, showing rounded shoulder and the knob on the top.
2010.99.0076.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote bell, showing rounded body and decoration of vertical bands of white slip.
2010.99.0077.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote bell, showing rounded body and decoration of vertical bands of white slip.
2010.99.0078.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote bell, showing rounded body and decoration of vertical bands of white slip.
2010.99.0079.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote bell, showing rounded body and decoration of vertical bands of white slip.
2010.99.0080.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote bell, showing rounded shoulder and the knob on the top.
2010.99.0081.jpg	Front view of the bottom of a Cypriote bell on its side, showing the base and hand-modeled striking ball interior.
2010.99.0082.jpg	Oblique view of a Cypriote bell from above, showing the hole on the body and on the knob, and decoration of vertical bands of white slip.