Middle Bronze Age III
amphora
White painted ware amphora; In string-hole style. Spherical body with flattened base and wide neck with round mouth. Two opposed vertical handles with pierced string holes at base of each. Media/Materials: ceramic
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Style
- String-hole Style
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
- Date
- 1800 - 1600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Bellapais-Vounous
Collection
Provenance
- Vounous Bronze Age Cemeteries, Bellapais, Kyrenia, Cyprus
References
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- GLAHM:D.1938.20, Hunterian Museum
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