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Red Polished Milk Bowl, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot basin and tray, Red Polished III
Red Polished Milk Bowl, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot, Red Polished III, c. 2100–1900 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.174.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Early Bronze Age III

Red Polished Milk Bowl

Large pottery basin in Red Polished ware; deep conical body with a flat base; two handles, one pierced vertically with two large holes; four grooved projections on rim; dark red clay with a burnished slip; Red Polished III. Dimensions: Diameter: 56.50 centimetres rim Object Type: milk-bowl Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III) Series: Red Polished III; Stewart Type (XI D type j) Techniques: handmade; slipped; polished; pierced

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished wareRed Polished III
Shape
Basin and tray
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Alambra
Date
2100 - 1900 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais (?)
  • Alambra (?)

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Accession no.
1884,1210.174, British Museum · Museum record

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