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Accession_Number

58.2.6

Shape

Bowl

Shape_description

One-handled bowl. Rim is slightly concave. Handle is in wishbone shape. A deep well is in the centre, of a greatly smaller diameter than the rest of the bowl. For general shape cf. Sydney, Nicholson Museum 55.18 (Base-ring wheel-made Ware, Late Cypriot III).

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 6/4

Decoration

Brown clay(?), blackened greatly in places. No pattern can be distinguished.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, A chip is taken out at the tip of the handle. A hairline crack is about 1.0cm beneath the handle. Interior scratched and worn.

Technique/Style

Hand made, Base-ring Ware

Provenance

Period

Late Bronze Age

Date

14 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.92.0112.jpg	Top view of a Cypriot bowl, showing deep well in interior and wishbone handle.
2003.92.0113.jpg	Detail of a Cypriot bowl, showing wishbone handle and part of central well.
2003.92.0114.jpg	Detail of a Cypriot bowl, showing curving interior with deep well in centre.
2003.92.0115.jpg	Bottom view of an (upside down) Cypriot bowl, showing underside of body, well and handle.
2003.92.0116.jpg	Detail of an (upside down) Cypriot bowl, showing wishbone handle.
2003.92.0117.jpg	Side view of an (upside down) Cypriot bowl, showing wishbone handle and exterior of body and well.
2003.92.0118.jpg	Side view of an (upside down) Cypriot bowl, showing well protruding underneath to form resting surface.
2003.92.0119.jpg	Side view of a Cypriot bowl, showing vessel resting on protruding well, and upcurving wishbone handle.
2004.13.0094.jpg	Right side view of a Cypriot bowl, showing vessel resting on protruding well, and upcurving wishbone handle.
2010.99.0008.jpg	Oblique view from above of a Cypriote one-handled bowl, showing the wishbone handle, to the right.
2010.99.0009.jpg	Oblique view from above of a Cypriote one-handled bowl, showing the wishbone handle, to the right
2010.99.0010.jpg	Side view of a Cypriot bowl, showing vessel resting on protruding well, and upcurving wishbone handle.
2010.99.0011.jpg	Back view of a Cypriot bowl, showing the body and the wishbone handle
2010.99.0012.jpg	Left side view of a Cypriot bowl, showing vessel resting on protruding well, and upcurving wishbone handle.
2010.99.0013.jpg	Front view of a Cypriot bowl, showing the body
2010.99.0014.jpg	Bottom view of a Cypriot bowl on its side, showing the wishbone handle and the base.
2010.99.0015.jpg	Bottom view of an (upside down) Cypriot bowl, showing underside of body, well and handle.
2010.99.0016.jpg	Oblique view from above of a Cypriote one-handled bowl, showing the wishbone handle, to the left