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Red Polished incised amphoroid jar with small lug handles, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot
Red Polished incised amphoroid jar with small lug handles, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 2000–1850 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1948.138.Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Middle Bronze Age I

Red Polished incised amphoroid jar with small lug handles

Red Polished incised amphoroid jar with small lug handles Dimensions: 16.4cm (height)13.2cm (diameter) Object Type: container > vessel > storage vessel > amphora

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished ware
Shape
Jar
Decoration
Incised
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
2000 - 1850 BC

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Provenance

  • Europe, Cyprus (find spot)

Identifiers

Accession no.
AN1948.138, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology · Museum record

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