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Early Bronze Age II

Red Polished Bowl

Pottery bowl in Red Polished (black-top) ware; hand-made; deep hemispherical body on a rounded base; slight inverted at the rim; single pierced horn-shaped lug at the shoulder; lustrous slip, with clear signs of horizontal burnishing mark, fired red on the exterior and black at the top and on interior. Dimensions: Diameter: 12.90 centimetres; Height: 9.90 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished I-II (north coast) (Stewart type XIII Da) Techniques: handmade; slipped; pierced; polished

Date

2300 - 2100 BC

Accession No.

1939,0217.2

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Vounous