Red Polished Juglet

Red Polished Juglet

Description:

Pottery juglet in Red Polished III ware; handmade; depressed ovoid body on a round base; tall narrow neck with a funnel rim (chipped); single handle from rim to shoulder; buff clay covered with a dark reddish-orange polished slip; incised decoration: pendant leaf-like panels filled with horizontal lines; between these are hatched lozenges; bands of horizontal lines on the base and neck; traces of lime (?) remain in the incisions; slipped and polished; worn and chipped in places.


Dimensions: Height: 14.50 centimetres


Object Type: juglet


Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III)


Series: Stewart Type (I B3 c1 variety a)


Techniques: handmade; incised; slipped; polished

Period:

Early Bronze Age III

Date:

2100 - 1750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais

Accession Number:

1884,1210.11