Red Polished Amphora

Red Polished Amphora

Description:

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

Period:

Middle Bronze Age II

Date:

1850 - 1750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais

Accession Number:

1884,1210.66