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DishM1.48

Clay dish consisting of red clay with a cream slip. Coarse-grained clay with a few small white limestone particles, a very large quantity of dark grits, giving the surface a very speckled appearance, and a small amount of fine silver mica. Red-brown and grey-black thin matt paint. Very low ring foot, gently curved wall, two small horizontal handles attached to rim. Decoration on the interior consists of two bands of paint on the wall and a spiral starting from a large dot in the centre. The line gets progressively broader towards the outside. Rim and handles painted black. On exterior wall the decoration is more elaborate consisting of red and black bands of varying width and spacing. Bottom of ring foot is decorated with crosshatched lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.38

Jug made of cream, fairly fine-grained clay with a cream slip. Grey-brown, thin, matt paint. Pyriform body, short neck, beaked mouth, small vertical handle from neck to shoulder. Decoration consists of three vertical bands dividing neck into two zones. Three groups of horizontal lines in each zone. Body is divided into two halves by a horizontal wavy line framed by two straight bands. In the upper half are wide, latticed vertical panels framed on each side by a plain vertical band. In the lower half of the body are four groups of four parallel vertical lines converging in the centre on the bottom.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.37

Yellowish buff, fine-grained, hard-fired clay jug, with a white slip. Light brown, semi-lustrous paint. Pyriform body, flat base, short neck, tall-beaked mouth, handle consisting of two twisted strands, extends from neck to body. Three-pierced lugs for suspension on body, one at point where neck meets body, two at base of mouth. Decoration consists of horizontal bands on neck and handle, and two horizontal lines dividing the body into two zones. In the upper zone are vertical triangular crosshatched areas separated by a double zigzag line. In lower zone, groups of two wavy lines converge at mid-point on bottom of base. Circles with dot in centre found between the wavy lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.36

Spouted jug. Cream fine-grained clay with a dark red slip. White filling in incised decoration. Hemispherical shaped body, tall cylindrical neck terminating at a cut-away mouth. A pierced lug is found at junction of neck and body opposite handle. Vertical twisted handle extends from body to neck below mouth. From the lug a vertical relief band decorated with incised lines extends along body. On neck are four groups of five encircling grooves. On body there are vertical zigzag bands consisting of a row of short strokes framed by lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.136

Bird-shaped askos made of fairly coarse-grained grey clay with dark impurities and a small amount of mica. Hard-fired. Black and red, thin, matte paint on a cream slip. Tubular, upright spout, basket handle attached to spout and upper part of body. Small projections on either side of body indicate wings. Eyes and beak highlighted with paint. On either side of the body there are broad bands of red paint and narrow parallel black lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlM1.62

Clay bowl with a cream slip; buff on surface, medium-grained clay, slightly gritty to the touch with small white limestone particles and occasional flakes of mica. Black, thin, matt paint. Hemispherical bowl, rounded bottom, large forked wishbone handle attached below rim. Decoration consists of crosshatched bands radiating from the bottom and of subsidiary dots.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Alambra, Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.39

Jug made of red, gritty clay and covered in a cream slip. Red-brown, thin, matt paint is used to decorate. Rounded base and a globular body with a straight neck. On top is a beaked mouth with a vertical handle from the rim to the shoulder; lugs on either side of neck near top and at base of neck opposite handle. Decoration consists of horizontal, parallel lines on neck and handle, on the body groups of oblique lines and on the base, three groups of three parallel lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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