Sherd

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/11

Clay fragment, believed to be Byzantine in origin, the remnants of a pot recovered from a shipwreck. The piece is the upper shoulder and neck of a pot, in undecorated light orange clay. Neck is short with a large spout, partially broken, and a loop handle that is whole. Cortex of pot is partially eaten away, revealing a darker orange beneath. Interior of vessel is partially covered in white crustaceans.


  • Type of Item sherd
  • Culture Cypriot
  • Material clay
  • Measurements height 12.8 cm, width 10.7 cm, depth 10.6 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 3076/0011