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Red Slip Dish, Archaic I Cypriot dish and plate, Red Slip II
Red Slip Dish, Archaic I Cypriot, Red Slip II, c. 750–500 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.292.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Red Slip Dish

Pottery dish in Red Slip ware; wheel-made; shallow, carinated body on a slightly raised disc base; everted rim; made of buff clay covered with a dull red slip, reserved on the lower part of the exterior; surface worn. Dimensions: Diameter: 12.90 centimetres; Height: 2.50 centimetres Object Type: dish Ware: Red Slip Ware (Cyprus) Series: Red Slip II Techniques: slipped; wheel-made

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Slip ware (Iron Age)Red Slip II (IV)
Shape
Dish and plate
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
750 - 500 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Kourion

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.292, British Museum · Museum record

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