Red Lustrous Lentoid Flask

Red Lustrous Lentoid Flask

Description:

Pottery Red Lustrous Wheel-made ware lentoid flask; wheel-made; round mouth with collar rim; slightly concave neck; vertical handle with round profile from mid neck to shoulder; body assymetrical with one side rounded and the other convex; red self-slipped surface and clay; rough multi-directional burnishing to a low lustre; surface worn.


Dimensions: Length: 19 centimetres; Thickness: 6 centimetres; Width: 14.10 centimetres


Object Type: flask


Ware: Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware


Techniques: wheel-made; self-slip; burnished

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1200 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1234