Early Bronze Age II

Black Polished Bottle

Pottery flask or bottle in Black Polished I ware (corresponding to Red Polished I); ovoid body with a round base; tall tapering neck with everted rim; pierced string holes on the rim on each side; made of fairly coarse buff clay covered with a polished slip (now very worn in places), fired black throughout; incised decoration with traces of lime fill: zig-zags, hatched lozenges, groups of oblique parallel strokes and impressed annules. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: bottle Ware: Black Polished Series: Black Polished I; Stewart Type V A c1 Techniques: incised; pierced; handmade; slipped; polished