Ceramic wine jug (oinochoe), wheel-turned. Body is globular, with a short neck and pinched trefoil mouth, and a vertical loop handle spanning rim to shoulder. Base is a low foot. Vessel is heavily painted with encircling lines of red and dark grey in a variety of widths, and 5 series of concentric circles on the shoulder. Top of handle is also painted red and brown.

• Narrative

  Thought to be early Iron Age, Cypriot Geometric style.

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• Type of Item jug
• Culture Cypriot
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 20.5 cm, diameter 16.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner J.C. Gordon Brown, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
• Received from Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

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• Made in Cyprus

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• Creation Date during 1001 BCE
• Ownership Date before 2009, before September 22, 2014
• Acquisition Date on September 22, 2014

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3076/0001