Early Bronze Age I

cooking-pot

Red Polished ware cooking pot; Deep ovoid body with flat base and flaring rim. Two opposed handles. No blackening from use over cooking fire. Media/Materials: ceramic

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Ware: Red Polished ware
Shape: JarCooking pot
Material: Clay
Period: probablyBronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)
Date: 2300 - 2200 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Bellapais-Vounous

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Collection

Hunterian Museum

Provenance

Vounous Bronze Age Cemeteries, Bellapais, Kyrenia, Cyprus

References

[Book] Arda, Basak Et Al. 2005. The Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.', '[Manuscript] Hunterian Archaeology Register - D Collection - Near East (D.1 - D.1993.31).

Identifiers

Accession no.: GLAHM:D.1938.40, Hunterian Museum

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