Red Polished Juglet

Red Polished Juglet

Description:

Pottery juglet in Red Polished III ware; hand-made; ovoid body with round base and narrow neck ending in a funnel-shaped mouth; an oval handle extends from rim to shoulder; made of finely levigated clay and burnished to a high lustre; it is decorated with finely executed white-filled incisions; patterns include panels of parallel horizontal lines and zigzags; there is some damage to the neck and handle.


Dimensions: Height: 14.50 centimetres


Object Type: juglet


Ware: Red Polished Ware


Series: Red Polished III; Stewart Type (I B3 type c1 variety a)


Techniques: incised; slipped; polished

Period:

Early Bronze Age III

Date:

2100 - 1750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Ayia Paraskevi

Accession Number:

1888,0927.22