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Artifact: bc031

Number:BC031
Ware/Material:Bichrome Ware
Shape/Type:Stemmed Bowl
Date:Cypro-Archaic
Preservation:Intact
Body Shape:Slightly convex carinated
Base Shape:Splaying cylindrical foot, with slight ridge at center and flat vertical sides.
Rim Shape:Plain, slightly inset from body
Handle(s):Opposed horizontal lop handles at mid-body
Fabric:Reddish-orange
Description:White slip, worn in places. On interior, three groups of concentric black bands surmounted by a broad red band outlined in brown. Brown line surrounding rim. On exterior, 5 horizontal parallel lines below rim. Each handle is solid-painted and flanked by two thick vertical lines. On either side, between the handles, a similar motif consisting of pendent brown vertical lines flanking a vertical string of chevrons and 2 semicircular devices. Broad brown band at carination. Red band at ridge of foot, flanked by brown horizontal parallel lines. Top of foot solid-brown.
Height(cm):10
Max. Diameter(cm):12.5
Base Diameter(cm):6.6
Rim Diameter(cm):12.6
Manufacture:Wheel Made
Comparisons in Print:SCE IV:2, Fig. XXXI.3, Type 14a, Webb 1997: 255.
Online Comparison:Harvard Semitic Museum, Cesnola Collection
  

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