Early Bronze Age III

Red Polished Incised Bowl

Pottery bowl in Red Polished I-II ware; hand-made; hemispherical body with a pointed base, and slightly incurving rim; single pierced lug at the rim; made of buff clay covered with a highly polished slip, fired red-orange throughout the body; decorated with incised motifs filled with lime: zig-zags framed by horixontal lines at the rim, and geometrical designs floating in the field below; rim chipped in places and surface worn. Dimensions: Diameter: 12 centimetres; Height: 5.50 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished I-II (north coast) (Stewart Class XIII Type F3a) Techniques: pierced; incised; handmade; slipped