Bottle or Alabastron
2nd millennium BCE
Description
Orange clay with faded black decoration. Flat bottom - body tapers slightly upward to a narrow neck and flared lip. Two pinched handles with string holes on shoulder. Most of lip is chipped off. Decoration is two courses of alternating cross hatch areas and blank areas, all bounded by horizontal stripes.
Dimensions
12 x 5 cm (4 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
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