Early Bronze Age II

Red Polished Storage Jar

Pottery Red Polished I storage jar or amphora; hand-made; ovoid body on a raised flat base; tall concave neck and everted rim (mouth missing but partly restored); two opposing handles with rounded sections from shoulder to middle part of neck; made of fairly fine buff clay, some inclusions and added straw grog, covered with a burnished red slip, now very worn. Dimensions: Height: 28 centimetres; Width: 19.20 centimetres max. Object Type: jar Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished I-II (north coast) (Stewart type VIIA 2c) Techniques: slipped; handmade; polished