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One-Handled Redware Jug

One-Handled Redware Jug

Oinochoe · 2nd millennium BCE
Redware. Incised white decoration: sets of concentric circles with radiating bands. Circles are linked around top 2/3 of vessel. Round bottom. Small handle from lip to body. Pinched protuberance of clay opposite the handle and below the lip. Globular body widens towards a rounded bottom.
Shape
Oinochoe
Period
Bronze Age, Middle
Date
2nd millennium BCE
Culture
Cypriot
Dimensions
H: 13.00 cm W: 10.50 cm
Medium
Terracotta; reddish clay with red slip and white decoration in incisions
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1966.119
Image Source
harvard
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