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Red Polished Dipper Jug, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot dipper juglet, Red Polished III
Red Polished Dipper Jug, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Polished III, c. 1850–1750 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.90.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

Red Polished Dipper Jug

Pottery dipper jug in Red Polished III ware; hand-made; globular body with a rounded base; ; short neck with everted rim; high vertical loop handle rising from rim to body. Made of buff clay with a burnished surface fired red-orangem possibly slipped. Dimensions: Height: 5 centimetres Object Type: dipper Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III) Series: Stewart Type (XIII M3 c); Red Polished III Techniques: handmade; polished; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished wareRed Polished III
Shape
JugJugletDipper juglet
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1850 - 1750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais

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Accession no.
1884,1210.90, British Museum · Museum record

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