Red Polished Gourd Jug

Red Polished Gourd Jug

Description:

Pottery gourd jug in Red Polished III ware; handmade; piriform body with round base and long, narrow cylindrical neck with funnel mouth; one vertical round handle from mid-neck to shoulder opposite a horizontal handle; small pierced vertical projection at the front at the shoulder; incised decoration with white infill including bands of hatched lozenges; orange clay with dark red slip; repaired.


Dimensions: Height: 27 centimetres


Object Type: bottle


Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III)


Series: Stewart Type (I B3 f4 variety a); Red Polished III


Techniques: handmade; incised; slipped; polished

Period:

Early Bronze Age III

Date:

2100 - 1800 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Found/Acquired: Cyprus

Accession Number:

1919,0712.1