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Artifact: bc134

Number:BC134
Ware/Material:White Painted Ware (III-IV)
Shape/Type:Bowl
Date:Cypro-Geometric
Preservation:Handle mended, chip missing from beneath rim on side; white slip mostly worn away
Body Shape:Concave-sided carinated body
Base Shape:Concave disc base
Rim Shape:Slightly everted plain rim
Handle(s):Vertical strap handle from rim to carination
Fabric:Reddish-orange
Description:Decorated in brown paint over thin white slip. In interior, a spiral within a brown encircling band. Inside of rim solid-painted, as are the sides of the handle. Top of handle bears a ladder pattern. Solid wave pattern around body above carination. Below carination, 2 broad brown bands surround 3 thin ones.
Height(cm):5.9
Max. Diameter(cm):12.2
Base Diameter(cm):4.7
Rim Diameter(cm):12.2
Manufacture:Wheel made
Online Comparison:Harvard Semitic Museum, Cesnola Collection
Remarks:P1059 in red ink on base. 800 BC in pencil on base. lead CM tag, with export license no. 3529.
  

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