Red Polished jug with cut-away spout and clay "rivets"
Date2400-2100 BCE
Periodearly to mid-Early Bronze Age
Object GeographyKarmi-Lapatsa, Cyprus
CultureCypriot
Geography NotesFound in the chamber of Tomb 15 (no. 14 in vicinity of skull B) at Karmi-Lapatsa, Cyprus
MediumCeramic (handmade) with red slip and relief details
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceExcavated by James R. B. Stewart in 1961, The University of Sydney; donated by The University of Sydney to the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1973-present.
Credit LineDonated by the University of Sydney, 1973
Object numberSN74.4
The shiny red color and tall cut-away spout of this jug compare with vessels made in ancient Anatolia (Turkey). Its shininess and color as well as the clay “rivets” that flank the handle may have been meant to evoke the appearance and form of a more luxurious copper-based metal vessel.
On View
Not on viewHeight: 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Diameter (body): 11 5/8 in. (29.4-29.8 cm)
Diameter (base): 3/4 in. (1.90 cm)
Wall
Thickness (at spout): 1/4 in. (0.65-0.67 cm)
Thickness (at body): 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
Handle
Width: 1 1/16 in. (2.38-3.00 cm)
Knobs
Diameter: 3/8 in. (0.96-1.1 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: core 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown) toward exterior and 7.5YR 6/2 (pinkish gray) toward interior
Slip: 10R 4/6 (red) and patches of 10R 4/4 (weak red)
Inclusions
many small sand (more black than white), few medium lime and other stone, no large gravel observed, few small voids
1450-1200 BCE
2100-1950 BCE
2400–2100 BCE
620-590 BCE