Base Ring Ware, comprised mainly of jugs and juglets, known as Bilbils, but also bowls. The vessels are locally made of brown clay, sometimes coated with cream burnished slip and/or red bands decoration. Typical to the Late Bronze Age IIA and B. The Base Ring II ware are distinguishable by the painted stripes decorations, as apposed to the Base Ring I plastic decoration.
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 'Bilbil' jug Cream slip burnish with painted stripe decorations Ring base Height: 20 cm  'Bilbil' jug Cream slip burnish decoration Ring base Height: 20 cm   Bowl Wishbone handle Ring base Diameter: 10 cm. |  'Bilbil' jug Cream slip burnish with painted stripe decorations Ring base Height: 20 cm  Bowl Red slip with brown bands decoration Loop handle Ring base Diameter: 17.1 cm. © The Trustees of the British Museum |