Red Lustrous Pilgrim Flask

Red Lustrous Pilgrim Flask

Description:

Pottery pilgrim flask in Red Lustrous Wheel made ware; wheel-made; lentoid body; long neck with a flaring rim; single handle from shoulder to neck; incised Cypro-Minoan characters on handle; made of fine buff clay cocered with a polished red slip; surface worn with numerous accretions, worn in places.


Dimensions: Height: 26.50 centimetres


Object Type: flask


Ware: Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware


Techniques: wheel-made; slipped; polished; incised


Inscription: Inscription type: inscription Inscription language: Cypro-Minoan

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1200 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Klavdia

Accession Number:

1899,1229.102