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Red Polished Tripod Cooking Dipper, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot cooking pot, Red Polished III
Red Polished Tripod Cooking Dipper, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, Red Polished III, c. 1950–1850 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.62.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age I

Red Polished Tripod Cooking Dipper

Coarse-ware pottery tripod vessel ('Tripod cooking dipper') in Red Polished III ware; handmade; ovoid body, flaring rim and three feet; round heavy handle rising from rim to mid-body and pinched projection on front of rim; dark red clay with red slip; worn surface and repairs to feet.. Dimensions: Height: 19 centimetres Object Type: cooking-pot Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III coarse) Series: Stewart Type (Class VIII Group E Type b variety a) Techniques: handmade; slipped; polished

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished wareRed Polished III
Shape
JarCooking pot
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
1950 - 1850 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais

Identifiers

Accession no.
1884,1210.62, British Museum · Museum record

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