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Red Slip Flask, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot
Red Slip Flask, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1850–1650 BC. British Museum, 1928,0117.20.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

Red Slip Flask

Pottery flask in Red Slip ware; handmade; flattened ovoid body with a flat base and cylindrical neck with slightly flared rim; two pairs of small projections on either side on the shoulder; made of buff clay with traces of a dark red slip visible; decorated with vertical wavy and parallel lines Dimensions: Height: 15.20 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: Red Slip Ware (Cyprus) Techniques: handmade; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Slip ware (Middle Bronze Age)
Shape
Flask
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1850 - 1650 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

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Identifiers

Accession no.
1928,0117.20, British Museum · Museum record

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