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Red Polished Juglet, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, Red Polished III
Red Polished Juglet, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, Red Polished III, c. 1950–1850 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.18.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age I

Red Polished Juglet

Pottery juglet in Red Polished III Ware; handmade; globular body with round base and narrow neck with cutaway spouted rim; round handle from rim to shoulder; orange-buff clay with dark red slip; incised decoration of lines and zig zags. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Stewart Type (I A3 type c var.b); Red Polished III Techniques: handmade; incised; slipped; polished

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished wareRed Polished III
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
Incised
Motif
Zigzags and chevrons
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
1950 - 1850 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais

Identifiers

Accession no.
1884,1210.18, British Museum · Museum record

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