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1884.63.68

Ceramic bowl of black slip ware with two opposed perforations below rim; incised decoration filled with lime; from Cyprus; Middle Bronze Age (Middle Cypriote) in date. [Dan Hicks 01/05/2012]

1884.63.68

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic bowl of black slip ware with two opposed perforations below rim; incised decoration filled with lime; from Cyprus; Middle Bronze Age (Middle Cypriote) in date. [Dan Hicks 01/05/2012]
Long description
Pottery vessel. “Deep bowl of black slip II ware. Convex sides, round base, out-turned rim. Two opposed perforations below rim. Dark brown to black slip on the exterior and interior or rim. Incised decoration filled with lime. Two rows of large triangles filled with punctures around body, those of the upper row arranged upside down, leaving a narrow zigzag band between the two rows. Incised vertical parallel lines on interior of rim.” [Description by Karageorghis, V., 2009, p.41] [JFK 16/10/2009] Description taken from Conservation Card by Emma Hook - Pottery vessel. Round bottomed ceramic pot with out-turned lip, of height - 90mm. The outside, and the interior of the lip is decorated with incised design. There are 2 holes at the base of the lip, presumably for hanging. (Emma Hook 26/04/99)[LKG 29/01/2009]
Geographical reference
Cyprus
Asia > Western Asia > Cyprus
Unknown
Date / Period
Date made: Circa 3000-2000 BC Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Lime, Process Incised, Process Decorated
Dimensions
Height: max 87 mm, Diameter: max 110 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.63.68 Other numbers: Cypriot Archaeology 030 PR Cat other PR nos: 2867
Research and responses

"Probably excavated by Luigi Palma di Cesnola and purchased by Pitt Rivers at Sotheby's by 1874". [Karageorghis, V., 2009, p.41] [JFK 16/10/2009]

The entry is for 12 jugs received at South Kensington Museum in 1884 and it is listed in PR Catalogue Part II. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Associated publications
Published under catalogue number 30 on page 41 in Karageorghis, V., (2009) Cypriote Art in the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. A.G. Leventis Foundation. [JFK 08/10/2009]

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery

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