
Early Bronze Age II
Red Polished Spouted Bowl
Red Polished ware spouted bow/basinl; hand-made; hemispherical body on a rounded base; large tubular spout on the rim; opposite is a verical lug handle, pierced with a single hole. Made of buff-orange clay with a burnished self-slip fired to a semi-lustrous red. Vessel is ressambled from sherds and largely complete apart from a portion of the lower part of the vessel near the spout; surface chipped and worn throughout. Dimensions: Diameter: 31 centimetres; Height: 12 centimetres Object Type: bowl; basin Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished III; Stewart Type (XII A h-i) Techniques: handmade; burnished
Date
2200 - 1800 BC
Accession No.
1884,1210.183
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Alambra (?)
- Phoenikiais (?)