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
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration techniques
- Relief and applied, Incised
- Motif
- Zigzags and chevrons
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
- Date
- 1850 - 1750 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
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