Artifact: bc137

Number:	BC137
Ware/Material:	White Painted Ware (III)
Shape/Type:	Jug
Date:	Cypro-Geometric
Preservation:	Intact
Body Shape:	Piriform-ovoid
Base Shape:	Concave
Neck Shape:	Cylindrical
Rim Shape:	Widening slightly to trefoil mouth
Handle(s):	Arched, vertical from rim to shoulder
Fabric:	Buff
Description:	Thick cream slip with dark brown paint. Rim and sides of handle solid-brown; top of handle boasts ladder pattern. Pendent curl in brown where handle joins body (perhaps representing a hook). Dot-within-a-circle (a stylized eye) on either side of mouth. 2 concentric brown bands beneath these, and another brown band at base of neck. 3 groups of 2 dotted crosses, stacked vertically, on front and sides of body.
Height(cm):	19.6
Max. Diameter(cm):	14.3
Base Diameter(cm):	6.1
Rim Diameter(cm):	4.7
Manufacture:	Wheel made
Comparisons in Print:	SCE IV:2, Fig. XIX.7, Type 7a, Webb 1997: 98.
Online Comparison:	Harvard Semitic Museum, Cesnola Collection
Online Comparison:	University of Edinburgh, Classics Teaching Collection
Remarks:	245 in pencil on base

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