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Red Lustrous Arm Vessel, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware
Red Lustrous Arm Vessel, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware, c. 1450–1200 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1108.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Red Lustrous Arm Vessel

Pottery Red Lustrous Wheel-made arm-shaped vessel; extremely long example with terminal in form of hand holding a cup and a ring base at the other end; burnished; pre-firing incision on base in the form of a cross; reddish self-slip and clay; burnished. Dimensions: Diameter: 6.10 centimetres max ; Length: 61.70 centimetres Object Type: arm-shaped vessel Ware: Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware Techniques: wheel-made; burnished; self-slip Inscription: Inscription type: pottery mark Inscription position: base Inscription note: cross

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsArm-shaped vessel
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot II
Date
1450 - 1200 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

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Accession no.
1897,0401.1108, British Museum · Museum record

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