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Red Lustrous Pilgrim Flask, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware
Red Lustrous Pilgrim Flask, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware, c. 1450–1200 BC. British Museum, 1899,1229.102.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Red Lustrous Pilgrim Flask

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

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware
Shape
FlaskLentoid flask
Decoration
Incised
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot II
Date
1450 - 1200 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Klavdhia-Tremithos

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Klavdia

Identifiers

Accession no.
1899,1229.102, British Museum · Museum record

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