Part of National Museums Liverpool

Amphora

56.217.36

Part of

Kouklia collection

About this object

White Painted III large amphora of an ovoid body, concave neck, flat turned out rim and one out of the two small opposed horizontal loop handles on the shoulder and a ring base. The amphora has decoration of thick and thin brown horizontal bands along the neck and the body. The rim has decoration of brown parallel lines. Just below the neck, there are three triglyphs filled with a herringbone design. The amphora has been joined together from sherds and there are still many missing, especially from the lower part of the body. The handle is painted in thick brown slip and the shape of it is mirrored on the body of the amphora.

Object specifics

  • Type
    Container
  • Culture
    Cypro-Geometric III
  • Artist/Maker
  • Place made
  • Date made
    900 BC - 750 BC
  • Materials
    Earthenware
  • Location
    Item not currently on display
  • Acquisition
    Gift of St Andrews University and Liverpool Museums Kouklia Expedition
  • Collector
    St Andrews University and Liverpool Museums Kouklia Expedition
  • Place collected
    Europe: Southern Europe: Cyprus: Kouklia: Skales Tomb II
  • Date collected
  • Measurements
    469 mm x 400 mm
  • Note
    Skales Box 14
  • Related people
    St Andrews University and Liverpool Museums Kouklia Expedition ( Collector)

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Publications

  • Cypriot Pottery in the Liverpool Museum

    Tsielepi, S C; Bienkowski, Piotr

    Author: Tsielepi, S C; Bienkowski, Piotr
    Publisher:
    Date: 1988
    Description:

Object view = Humanities
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