Early Bronze Age II
Red Polished Snake Jug
Pottery jug in Red Polished I ware; hand-made; piriform body and a flat base; elongated neck with cutaway spout; round handle from spout base to shoulder; applied belt at base of neck; applied snake decoration either side of neck from base of spout to handle; light red surface, slipped and polished. Dimensions: Diameter: 30.90 centimetres max. ; Height: 62 centimetres when complete Object Type: jug Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished I-II (north coast) (Stewart type IA1 f2) Techniques: handmade; applied; slipped; polished
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Relief and applied
- Motif
- Snake
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyBronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)
- Date
- 2300 - 2100 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Bellapais-Vounous
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