Red Polished Amphora Jar

Red Polished Amphora Jar

Description:

Pottey storage jar ('amphora') in Red Polished III ware; handmade; spherical body with a round base and a short cylindrical neck with everted, incised rim; angular string-hole projections from base of neck to shoulder; polished red slip worn in places; incised decoration of triple chevrons and annulets.


Dimensions: Diameter: 10 centimetres; Height: 12.50 centimetres


Object Type: jar


Ware: Red Polished Ware


Series: Stewart Type (VII D g4); Red Polished III


Techniques: handmade; incised; slipped; polished

Period:

Middle Bronze Age II

Date:

1850 - 1750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1879,1119.2