Red Polished Amphora - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

Red Polished Amphora

Pottery storage jar ('amphora') in Red Polished Ware III ware; handmade; globular body, round base and a wide cylindrical neck with slightly everted rim; vertical handles from mid-neck to shoulder; decorated with raised bands and rings and incised zig-zags; orange clay with a red slip, worn in places; heavily restored. Dimensions: Diameter: 9 centimetres rim ; Height: 16.50 centimetres Object Type: storage-jar Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III) Series: Stewart Type (VII A2 z2) Techniques: incised; slipped; polished; handmade

Date

1850 - 1750 BC

Accession No.

1884,1210.66

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais