Red Polished Ear-lug Jug

Red Polished Ear-lug Jug

Description:

Pottery ear-lug jug in Red Polished I (Black-topped) ware; hand-made; ovoid body and flat base and long concave neck pierced near the everted rim; two vertical lugs, one piereced; slipped and polished light red-brown surface shading to darker red then black; white filled, incised decoration .


Dimensions: Diameter: 18.50 centimetres max. ; Height: 35 centimetres


Object Type: jar


Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP I)


Series: Stewart Series VICb1 var a2


Techniques: handmade; pierced; incised; slipped; polished

Period:

Early Bronze Age II

Date:

2300 - 2100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Vounous

Accession Number:

1939,0217.21