| Number: | BC017 |
| Ware/Material: | White Slip II Ware |
| Shape/Type: | Bowl |
| Date: | Late Cypriot |
| Preservation: | Intact, slip eroded in some places |
| Body Shape: | Deep hemispherical bowl |
| Base Shape: | Rounded |
| Rim Shape: | Plain, slightly in-turned rim |
| Handle(s): | Wishbone handle rising slightly from upper body |
| Fabric: | Greyish-buff |
| Description: | White slip with painted matte brown decoration. Handle solid-painted on sides, while top receives a motif of short diagonal hatches. Solid lines surround body-handle join. Series of short, close hatches at rim surmount a horizontal checkerboard lattice band. From this, a series of pendent motifs at regular intervals: 4 short motifs with 2 hatched lozenges, 4 long motifs with 6-7 hatched lozenges, and 8 long checkerboard lattice bands. |
| Height(cm): | 10.7 |
| Max. Diameter(cm): | 16.8 |
| Rim Diameter(cm): | 16 |
| Manufacture: | Hand built |
| Comparisons in Print: | SCE IV:IC, 466, Type I D, Webb 1997: 9. |
| Online Comparison: | Harvard Semitic Museum, Cesnola Collection |
| Online Comparison: | University of Edinburgh, Classics Teaching Collection |
| Remarks: | Marked P. 585 and Acquired Kolokasides c-992-6. Such vessels were very common in settlements and graves, with thousands exported to the near east. |
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