Cypriot Bichrome (Wheelmade) Earthenware Tankard
Late Cypriot (1600-1050 BC). Height 21cm. Diameter of rim 12.2cm
A tankard with a thick, out-curved rim and a wide, slightly concave neck that narrows upward decorated with a wide band of red and black lines, zigzag patterns, and triangles. The body is globular and slightly flattened, with clearly defined shoulders and a small ring base with broad parallel bands in black and red encircling the body. On the shoulder, groups of four parallel diagonal lines form a repeating patter. A handle runs from the rim to the shoulder decorated in black lines decorate the handle, and a black line encircles the inside of the opening.
The tankard was recorded as being from Milia and given to the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden by the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia (Inv. No. MM Acc 0705).