Red Polished Ear-lug Pot

Red Polished Ear-lug Pot

Description:

Hand-made Red Polished I (Black-topped) ware pottery: ear-lug pot with ovoid body and flat base; wide concave neck with everted rim; vertical lugs, one of which is pierced; incised decoration on body; slipped and polished with red surface shading to black top.


Dimensions: Diameter: 18.50 centimetres; Height: 28 centimetres


Object Type: jar


Ware: Red Polished Ware


Series: Red Polished I-II (north coast) (Stewart type VIIC b3)


Techniques: handmade; pierced; incised; slipped; polished

Period:

Early Bronze Age II

Date:

2300 - 2100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Vounous

Accession Number:

1939,0217.20