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Shaved Ware Jug

Shaved Ware Jug

Oinochoe · 1500-1100 BCE
Cypriote Late Bronze Age. Spindle-shaped body with pinched lip and pointed base; handle from lip to shoulder, lower portion of body scraped vertically with knife. Shaping marks evident in clay.
Shape
Oinochoe
Period
Bronze Age, Late
Date
1500-1100 BCE
Culture
Cypriot
Dimensions
D: 13.97 cm
Medium
Terracotta; grayish white clay with no slip
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1960.265
Image Source
harvard
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