White Painted jug (askos) with string holes and a cut-away spout
Date1850-1650 BCE
PeriodMid-to-late Middle Bronze Age
Object GeographyCyprus
MediumCeramic (handmade) with red to dark reddish-gray paint
DimensionsOverall
Height (upright): (3 7/16 in.) 8.7 cm
Width: (4 3/4 in.) 12.05 cm
Length: (5 11/16 in.) 14.41 cm
Spout
Width: (11/16 in.) 1.77 cm
Length (max at spout): (1 1/4 in.) 3.17 cm max
Diameter (interior): (5/16/in.) 0.8 cm
Top handle stringhole
Diameter: (3/16 in.) 0.54 cm
Side stringholes
Diameter: (1/16 in.) 0.1 cm
Rim
Thickness: (1/16 in.) 0.09 cm to 0.12 cm
Neck
Thickness: (1/8 in.) 0.35 cm
Resting naturally
Height: (3 5/8 in.) 9.2 cm
Height (upright): (3 7/16 in.) 8.7 cm
Width: (4 3/4 in.) 12.05 cm
Length: (5 11/16 in.) 14.41 cm
Spout
Width: (11/16 in.) 1.77 cm
Length (max at spout): (1 1/4 in.) 3.17 cm max
Diameter (interior): (5/16/in.) 0.8 cm
Top handle stringhole
Diameter: (3/16 in.) 0.54 cm
Side stringholes
Diameter: (1/16 in.) 0.1 cm
Rim
Thickness: (1/16 in.) 0.09 cm to 0.12 cm
Neck
Thickness: (1/8 in.) 0.35 cm
Resting naturally
Height: (3 5/8 in.) 9.2 cm
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.59
On View
Not on view
Color
Fabric: 2.5Y 7/3 pale yellow
Paint: 10R 4/1 (dark reddish gray) to 10R 4/2 (weak red) and 10R 3/1 (dark reddish gray)
Inclusions
some sand, few gravel lime
1450-1200 BCE
1050–900 BCE
Unknown
1100-1000 BCE
