Glossary Pottery and vessels
Red Slip ware
Also called: Red Slip
A name given to several red-slipped Cypriot wares: a Middle and Late Bronze Age ware, an Iron Age class, and a Roman fine ware.
The Bronze Age Red Slip ware is the red member of the Middle Cypriot slipped tradition, made in the same workshops as Black Slip and early Plain White and often counted with Black Slip as "Red/Black Slip". Its shapes include amphorae and small juglets, and a wheelmade version was made in the Late Bronze Age.
The same name was given by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition to an Iron Age class that accompanies Black-on-Red and Bichrome Red, and "Cypriot Red Slip Ware" is the name of a Late Roman tableware whose production in Cyprus has been questioned. The Bronze Age ware is treated on the Plain White ware page.
Full entry: Plain White Ware
Related terms
- Black Slip ware
A Middle and Late Cypriot ware with a dark slip over a light clay, mostly incised juglets; the name was later reused for Iron Age classes too.
- Slip
A thin coat of fine clay mixed with water, brushed or dipped over a pot before firing to give it a smoother surface and a different colour.
- String-hole
A small hole pierced through a lug, rim or projection on a pot so it could be hung up or have a cover tied on with a cord.