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Bowl, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot
Bowl, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1200–1100 BC. Liverpool Museum, 56.218.81.© National Museums Liverpool

Late Bronze Age III

Bowl

Bowl: Shallow bowl with a high foot and one out of the two small opposed hanldes attached to the side of the body just below the rim. Gritty pinkish buff clay , evenly fired medium hard with a wet smooth greenish self slip. The exterior body has a band in matt brown, the interior rim decorated in dark brown, and same colour band along the interior body, four thin brown bands along the interior base, a thicker painted circle on the foot . The bowl survives almost whole with two sherds only missing. (Overall: 61 mm x 150 mm) - Made of Pottery Culture: Late Cypriot III

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
BowlFooted or pedestal bowl
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot III
Date
1200 - 1100 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus

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Provenance

  • St Andrews University and Liverpool Museums Kouklia Expedition, Previous owner, …

Identifiers

Accession no.
56.218.81, Liverpool Museum

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