Red Polished III Incised Juglet

Red Polished III Incised Juglet

Description:

Pottery Red Polished III ware juglet with incised decoration; hand-made; depressed ovoid-globular body on a rounded base; tall narrow neck with a flaring mouth; single rounded handle shoulder to rim; made of buff clay covered with a highly burnished red slip, decorated with lime-filled incisions: rings of parallel lines on the neck, concentric circles with bands of parallel lines in between on the body and shoulder; lip chipped, some surface wear.


Dimensions: Height: 15.50 centimetres


Object Type: juglet


Ware: Red Polished Ware


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


Techniques: incised; slipped; polished; handmade

Period:

Early Bronze Age III

Date:

2100 - 1750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Ayia Paraskevi

Accession Number:

1888,0927.21