Sherd
MOA: University of British Columbia
3076/13
Small sherd, possibly the spout of an oil lamp. Sherd is hand sculpted of light yellow clay, with a hole at centre top leading down to a long horizontal chamber that runs the length of the piece. One end is narrow, while the other widens and is topped with the remnants of a loop handle. Faint painted lines in brown can be seen on the underside.
- Type of Item sherd
- Culture Cypriot
- Material clay
- Measurements height 3.5 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 2.1 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 3076/0013