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Red Polished Ware Bowl, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Polished Black-Topped
Red Polished Ware Bowl, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Polished Black-Topped, c. 2200–1900 BC. British Museum, 1868,0905.47.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Early Bronze Age II

Red Polished Ware Bowl

Pottery Red Polished (black top) ware bowl; hand-made; hemispherical body on a rounded base; one pierced lug for suspension; upper part of the body is fired a dark brown, similar to the black topped Red Polished bowls of the canonical type. Dimensions: Diameter: 10.20 centimetres; Height: 6.50 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Red Polished Ware Techniques: pierced; handmade

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished wareRed Polished Black-Topped
Shape
BowlHemispherical bowl
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)
Date
2200 - 1900 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Idalion

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Dhali

Identifiers

Accession no.
1868,0905.47, British Museum · Museum record

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