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Sherds from a bowl, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Polished II
Sherds from a bowl, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot, Red Polished II, c. 2150–2100 BC. Liverpool Museum, 52.38.123.8.© National Museums Liverpool

Early Bronze Age II

Sherds from a bowl

Sherds from a bowl: Five sherds from a bowl of Red Polished II type decoration on its body with a rich dark red surface and a black top and interior. The exact shape of the bowl is not certain but there is a pair of vertical projections on the rim. Each projection is horizontally pierced. The clay is well mixed with fine grit and straw grop and fired buff shading to grey and grey black in the interior and black with grey core on the rim. One of the sherds has incised decoration in black slip.This bowl was found inside the large basin 52.38.123.7 together with number 52.38.123.9, 10, 11 and 12 - Made of Pottery Culture: Early Cypriot II

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished wareRed Polished II
Shape
Bowl
Decoration
Incised
Material
Clay
Period
Bronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)Early Cypriot II
Date
2150 - 2100 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Accession No.

52.38.123.8

Provenance

  • E Stewart, Excavator, Owned from: 1937, Owned until: 1938<br/><br/>James Rivers …

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