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 |