Red Polished Tripod Cooking Dipper

Red Polished Tripod Cooking Dipper

Description:

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

Period:

Middle Bronze Age I

Date:

1950 - 1850 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais

Accession Number:

1884,1210.62