Cypriot White Slip II Ware juglet: Late Cypriot II (early). 1450-1350 BC

Similar shape to No.123 (Black Slip V), and to 127 (BaseRing I) but without the base ring.  chips from base and spout, otherwise good condition.

With spherical body and (almost) flat base, tall, narrow neck with trumpet mouth, and strap handle from shoulder to neck. Dark brown paint on cream slip: enclosed vertical bands down body, 4 containing cross-hatched diamonds, alternate with one, or two, cross-hatched bands, all starting at cross-hatched horizontal band to handle base. Two 4 line groups around neck with line at top and bottom of neck and handle. Four short 4 line groups inside spout, two wavy lines down handle. Old collector's label marked '4', and '15.79' inked to the underside.

Cf: V Karageorghis 2003b, p77 cat 77,78; P Astrom 1957 Fig 53 (8), p444, LXXXIII (4)