| Number: | BC036 |
| Ware/Material: | Black-on-Red Ware |
| Shape/Type: | Jug |
| Date: | Cypro-Archaic |
| Preservation: | Mostly intact, chips missing from rim, which also has some cracks |
| Body Shape: | Ovoid |
| Base Shape: | Low ring base |
| Neck Shape: | Cylindrical neck with neck-ridge midway widening to a broad |
| Rim Shape: | Funnel mouth |
| Handle(s): | Opposed double-strap handles from neck-ridge to shoulder |
| Fabric: | Reddish-orange |
| Description: | Burnished surface with black paint. Two groups of horizontal parallel lines surround a register of alternating large and small concentric circles. Above these, 6 groups of 4 small concentric circles on shoulder. Sides of handles solid-painted, with ladder-hatches climbing their fronts. Black horizontal bands at rim, below rim (between rim and ridge), at and below ridge, and at neck-body join. |
| Height(cm): | 20.2 |
| Max. Diameter(cm): | 13.6 |
| Base Diameter(cm): | 5.5 |
| Rim Diameter(cm): | 5 |
| Manufacture: | Wheel made |
| Online Comparison: | Harvard Semitic Museum, Cesnola Collection |
| Remarks: | Black discoloration from oxidization (placed in another bowl during firing). Possible levantine origin. |
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