Red Lustrous Arm Vessel

Red Lustrous Arm Vessel

Description:

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

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1200 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1108