Jug

For storing and pouring liquid and used as a funerary gift.

Cypro-Geometric III, 850-725 B.C.E., Black-on-red I Ware.

storage

Red-brown jug with trumpet mouth, single handle and black designs. The jug is made with fine-grained clay with a large quantity of white limestone particles, a few dark grits and a small amount of fine silver mica. The body is round with a flat bottom. The neck is long and narrow with a handle ridge midway. The trumpet mouth has a wide and splayed rim. The vertical handle is attached to ridge and rounded shoulder. The paint is black, thin, matte paint. The black designs feature five bands on neck, five narrow bands around centre and a swastika on the shoulder. There is also paint on the shoulder and lip.