White Painted jug (askos) with string holes and a cut-away spout
Date1850-1650 BCE
PeriodMid-to-late Middle Bronze Age
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriot
MediumCeramic (handmade) with red to dark reddish-gray paint
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.59
On View
Not on viewHeight (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)
Medium Details
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
1100-1000 BCE
