Red Polished Jar

Red Polished Jar

Description:

Neck and handles of a Red Polished III jar of Early Cypriot III/MC I date; wide cylindrical neck with a flaring everted rim; two small horned handles; buff clay and red polished slip with incised decoration including zig-zags and hatched lozenges.


Dimensions: Height: 11.70 centimetres max


Object Type: jar


Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III)


Techniques: incised; polished; slipped; handmade

Period:

Early Bronze Age III

Date:

2100 - 1900 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais

Accession Number:

1884,1210.67