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NM Ant 1520 :: juglet

Object description: Ovoid body, tall narrow concave neck, funnel rim, flat handle from neck to shoulder, high splaying base. Fine, gray clay; smooth cream slip; dark brown matt paint. Cross rendered by double, wavy lines under base. Four groups of parallel lines on base. Line encircling upper base. Vertical rows of ladder pattern and shorter vertical bands of double hatched lozenges in their interstices on body. Verical band of hatched loozenges between base and handle. Horizontal ladder pattern on shoulder, starting and ending above handle. Uneven line encircling neck-base. Four parallel horizontal lines encircling upper, upper mid- and lower neck, starting and ending at handle, and covering a small area under handle on lower mid-neck. On front of lower mid-neck a horizontal framed band of hatched loozenges, with vertical bands of hatched loozenges on sides of neck. Encircling line of tiny dots on upper neck, above handle and also on outside of rim.Four groups of three wavy, vertical lines on outside of rim. Four groups of four short, vertical, parallel lines on inside of rim. Lines encircling abutments of handle. Five groups of four parallel lines crosswise on outside of handle.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 1520

Serie nummer

6047

Object

juglet

Object, Swedish

kanna; kärl

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Cypern

Place - Findspot

Kourion [?]

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Deposit from the National Museum. Gift from Charles Watkins, Swedish Consul in Larnaca, Cyprus, in 1890.

Description

Ovoid body, tall narrow concave neck, funnel rim, flat handle from neck to shoulder, high splaying base. Fine, gray clay; smooth cream slip; dark brown matt paint. Cross rendered by double, wavy lines under base. Four groups of parallel lines on base. Line encircling upper base. Vertical rows of ladder pattern and shorter vertical bands of double hatched lozenges in their interstices on body. Verical band of hatched loozenges between base and handle. Horizontal ladder pattern on shoulder, starting and ending above handle. Uneven line encircling neck-base. Four parallel horizontal lines encircling upper, upper mid- and lower neck, starting and ending at handle, and covering a small area under handle on lower mid-neck. On front of lower mid-neck a horizontal framed band of hatched loozenges, with vertical bands of hatched loozenges on sides of neck. Encircling line of tiny dots on upper neck, above handle and also on outside of rim.Four groups of three wavy, vertical lines on outside of rim. Four groups of four short, vertical, parallel lines on inside of rim. Lines encircling abutments of handle. Five groups of four parallel lines crosswise on outside of handle.

Period