Red Polished Bowl with Horned Handle

Red Polished Bowl with Horned Handle

Description:

Pottery bowl in Red Polished III ware; handmade; hemispherical body with slightly inturned rim and a flat base; one horned handle rising from just below the rim. Made of a light red clay with a burnished surface, fired slip (though possibly slipped) with some black mottling; surface worn in places; handle has been repaired.


Dimensions: Height: 11.50 centimetres


Object Type: bowl


Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III)


Series: Stewart Type (XIII L h)


Techniques: handmade; polished; slipped

Period:

Middle Bronze Age II

Date:

1850 - 1750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais

Accession Number:

1884,1210.107