Red Polished Shrine, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot — Red Polished Shrine, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 2100–1900 BC. Cyprus Museum, 1970/V-28/1.© Cyprus Museum

Early Bronze Age III

Red Polished Shrine

Clay model of a sanctuary in Red Polished ware, about 19 cm high, end of the Early Bronze Age. A flat rectangular panel with three poles in relief, each topped by a bull's head, and two horned projections; in front, a female figure pours libations into a jar. One of two models from a tomb at Kotchati.

Classification

Object type: Model
Ware: Red Polished ware
Material: Clay
Period: probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 2100 - 1900 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

1970/V-28/1

Collection

Provenance

From a tomb at Kotchati, Cyprus

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