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