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SHM 17946:0054 :: jug

Object description: Ring-base; globular body; both concave and convex neck; trefoil mouth; bilobate handle from rim to shoulder. Light buff clay; matt, light buff slip; matt, light brown and dark brownish black paint. Black band encircling rim; two black bands encircling upper neck; black band encircling neck-base; five groups of six black concentric circles on shoulder; brown band, framed by two black bands and eleven black lines, encircling upper body; two black bands encircling mid-body and lower body; sides and outside of handle painted black; black, antithetic curved line below handle.

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Inventory number

SHM 17946:0054

Serie nummer

1723

Object

jug

Object, Swedish

kanna; kärl

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Cypern

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

Deposition to University of Gothenburg in 1970.

Loan out - Current

1970.0001, Antikmuseet, University of Gothenburg

Acquisition

L. Z. Pierides to the Swedish Crown Prince in 1925. The Crown Prince to the Museum of National Antiquities in 1926. The Museum of National Antiquities to Medelhavsmuseet in 1982.

Description

Ring-base; globular body; both concave and convex neck; trefoil mouth; bilobate handle from rim to shoulder. Light buff clay; matt, light buff slip; matt, light brown and dark brownish black paint. Black band encircling rim; two black bands encircling upper neck; black band encircling neck-base; five groups of six black concentric circles on shoulder; brown band, framed by two black bands and eleven black lines, encircling upper body; two black bands encircling mid-body and lower body; sides and outside of handle painted black; black, antithetic curved line below handle.

Period