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Red Polished Mottled Bowl, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot
Red Polished Mottled Bowl, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 2150–1950 BC. British Museum, 1888,0927.6.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Early Bronze Age II

Red Polished Mottled Bowl

Pottery bowl in Red Polished I-II (mottled) ware; hand-made; hemispherical body with slightly incurving rim; one pierced vertical lug on rim; polished red slip. Dimensions: Diameter: 12.50 centimetres; Height: 7 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished I-II (mottled) Techniques: pierced; polished; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished wareRed Polished Mottled
Shape
BowlHemispherical bowl
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)
Date
2150 - 1950 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Ayia Paraskevi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1888,0927.6, British Museum · Museum record

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