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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. 1900–1800 BC. British Museum, 1888,0927.23.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age I

Red Polished Juglet

Pottery juglet in Red Polished III ware; hand-made; globular body with a rounded base supported by tripod feet and a short, narrow neck ending in a funnel-shaped mouth; an oval handle extends from the rim to the shoulder; made of pale clay with a brown slip burnished to a high lustre; decorated with white filled incisions; the decorative motifs consist of a horizontal panel of multiple zigzags, encircled with parallel lines; surface worn in places. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished III (Stewart type I B3 h1) Techniques: incised; slipped; polished

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished wareRed Polished III
Shape
JugJuglet
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1900 - 1800 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Ayia Paraskevi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1888,0927.23, British Museum · Museum record

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