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Red Slip Juglet, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot
Red Slip Juglet, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1800–1650 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.199.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age III

Red Slip Juglet

Pottery juglet in Red Slip ware; handmade; globular body with rounded base and narrow cylindrical neck with everted rim, now badly chipped; single string-hole handle at the base of neck; buff clay with orange slip showing traces of burnishing; decorated with incised zigzag lines. Dimensions: Height: 9 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Red Slip Ware (Cyprus) (?); Red Polished Ware (?) Series: Stewart Type (I B4 type n); Red Polished III (?); Red Slip II (?) Techniques: handmade; slipped; incised

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Slip ware (Middle Bronze Age)
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration techniques
Incised, Pattern-burnished
Motif
Zigzags and chevrons
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1800 - 1650 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais

Identifiers

Accession no.
1884,1210.199, British Museum · Museum record

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