Base Ring jug with clay “rivets”
Date1450-1200 BCE
Periodmid Late Bronze Age
CultureCypriot
MediumCeramic (handmade) with relief decoration, red to reddish-gray and brown slip, and incised details
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.112
On View
Not on viewHeight: (5 1/8 in.) 12.95 cm
Width (with handle): (4 1/8 in.) 10.42 cm
Diameter (body): (3 1/2 in.) 8.82 – 9.0 cm
Handle
Width: (11/16 in.) 1.34 to 2.13 cm
Thickness: (1/4 in.)0.61 to 0.71 cm
Rim
Diameter (exterior): (2 1/16 in.) 5.02 to 5.43 cm
Diameter (interior): (1 5/16 in.) 3.22 to 3.3 cm
Base
Diameter: (1 13/16 in.) 4.43 to 4.69 cm
Neck
Diameter: (1 5/8 in.)4.06 to 4.23 cm
Wall
Thickness (at break): (1/8 in.)0.28 cm
Rivets
Diameter: (7/16 in.) 1.18 cm
Medium Details
Color
Core 2.5YR 6/6 (light red)
Slip 2.5YR 5/6 (red) to 2.5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown) and 2.5YR 4/1 (dark reddish gray)
Inclusions
some small lime, sand, some gravel lime
2100-1950 BCE
1450-1200 BCE
2nd-1st c. BCE
620-590 BCE
