Red Polished Incised Jug

Red Polished Incised Jug

Description:

Jug in Red Polished III Ware; hand-made; globular body on a squat rounded bottom; tall narrow tapering neck with funnel rim; single strap handle from mid-neck to shoulder opposite an angular string hole set vertically, below which is a further, horizontal rectangluar stringhole projection set diagonally; dark buff clay with a dark red polished slip; decorated with incised horizontal bands and vertical bands of alternating zig-zags and chevrons; slip worn in places.


Dimensions: Height: 24.50 centimetres


Object Type: bottle


Ware: Red Polished Ware


Series: Red Polished III (Stewart type I B3 f4 var.a)


Techniques: incised; burnished; slipped; handmade

Period:

Early Bronze Age III

Date:

2100 - 1850 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Ayia Paraskevi

Accession Number:

1888,0927.20