Sherd

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/10

Small orange sherd, the top and side of a small jug. The piece is handmade, globular, with a small, narrow spout protruding from the shoulder, with tip missing. The neck of the jug is tall and thin with a small loop handle on the back side and a flared rim at top. Rim is decorated with a series of oblong impressions. The jug is embellished with raised, encircling lines around shoulder and neck. Missing is the proper left side below the shoulder, and the bottom.


  • Type of Item sherd
  • Culture Cypriot
  • Material clay
  • Measurements height 5.6 cm, width 7.9 cm, depth 8.3 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Cyprus

  • Ownership Date before 2009, before September 22, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on September 22, 2014

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3076/0010