Red Polished Milk Bowl

Red Polished Milk Bowl

Description:

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

Period:

Early Bronze Age III

Date:

2100 - 1900 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais (?)

Alambra (?)

Accession Number:

1884,1210.174