Early Bronze Age III

Red Cow Horn Vessel

Pottery Red Polished ware vessel in the shape of an inverted cow horn; hand-made; tubular body with slightly swelling sides, tapering to a point; slightly everted mouth, with pairs of perforations on each side, possibly for suspension; covered with a polished slip, fired red-orange throughout, decorated with lime-filled incisions: panels composed of five or six horizontal lines arranged around the body to form a chequer-board arrangement against the red background, three incised rings around the neck; surface worn in places. Dimensions: Height: 15.24 centimetres Object Type: vessel Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished III (Stewart Type XXXVIIIB) Techniques: handmade; incised; perforated