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Red Polished Amphora, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Polished III
Red Polished Amphora, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Polished III, c. 1850–1750 BC. British Museum, 1888,0927.32.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

Red Polished Amphora

Pottery storage jar ('amphora') in Red Polished III ware; handmade; depressed biconical body on a flat narrow base with a wide cylindrical neck indented around the join with the body and an everted rim with an angular profile; pair of opposing handles with slight horns; two raised cable-bars on neck and shoulder of both sides; buff clay covered with a reddish-brown slip burnished to a high lustre; surface worn in places; repair on the handles. Dimensions: Diameter: 8.50 centimetres mouth ; Height: 21.50 centimetres Object Type: storage-jar Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished III; Stewart Type (VII a2 type z2) Techniques: slipped; polished; handmade

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished wareRed Polished III
Shape
JarAmphora
Decoration
Relief and applied
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1850 - 1750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi

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Accession No.

1888,0927.32

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Ayia Paraskevi

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