
Red Slip Ware Rattle
Description: | Pottery zoomorphic rattle; Red Slip Ware; hand-made; crescent-shaped with pinched terminals probably representing ears; single pierced hole; contains three clay pellets to create rattle; thin, matt reddish brown slip; fabric buff; probably originally with loop handle at top, now missing. Dimensions: Height: 5.60 centimetres max ; Thickness: 4.10 centimetres; Width: 5.50 centimetres Object Type: rattle Ware: Red Slip Ware (Cyprus) Techniques: handmade; slipped |
Period: | Late Bronze Age I |
Date: | 1650 - 1450 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Enkomi |
Accession Number: | 1897,0401.1104 |