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Jug (red polished III ware)
2000 BCE-1800 BCE

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
33.9 × 18.6 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Cyprus
Accession Number
1850-D5
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Colonel Aubrey H. L. Gibson (Rtd), 1968
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Hand built with pear shaped body, a long narrow neck and a round spout. A single handle is joined to the vessel at the neck and shoulder and one vertical pierced lug at the base of the neck. Surface burnished and some mottling on the body. Incised decoration on handle (three sets of three parallel lines). Relief rope work design on body and neck also encircle by two bands of rope work. One set of relief rope work on the body damaged.