Artifact: bc035

Number:	BC035
Ware/Material:	Bichrome Ware
Shape/Type:	Barrel Jug
Date:	Cypro-Archaic
Preservation:	Intact
Body Shape:	Barrel-shaped with nipples
Base Shape:	Rounded
Neck Shape:	Cylindrical, with pronounced ridge at midpoint
Rim Shape:	Broad funnel mouth
Handle(s):	Horizontal strap handle from neck-ridge to shoulder.
Fabric:	Buff
Description:	The profusion of concentric circle motifs is typical of the cypro-archaic period. On either side of jug, concentric bichrome circle devices wrap about the body. From the nipple in relief, surrounded by a brown band, are: a broad red band, 8 brown bands, and finally 2 broad red bands outlined in brown. 2 vertical motifs of 8 brown bands divide the remainder of the body into 3 registers, filled with a profusion of concentric brown circle motifs. The handle is solid painted on the sides. A ladder motif of brown hatches decorates the front of the handle; the neck-ridge is adorned with a horizontal brown band, as is the body-neck join. Above the neck-ridge, 5 parallel horizontal lines are surmounted by a broad red band rising to a solid brown rim. A final broad brown band decorates the interior of the neck, just below the rim.
Height(cm):	31.5
Max. Diameter(cm):	22.7
Rim Diameter(cm):	10.8
Manufacture:	Wheel made
Comparisons in Print:	SCE IV:2, Fig. XXII:7, Type 2a.
Remarks:	Marked "P 1115" on base.

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