Middle Bronze Age II

Red Polished Amphora

Pottery storage jar ('amphora') in Red Polished III ware; handmade; depressed biconical body on a flat narrow base with a wide cylindrical neck indented around the join with the body and an everted rim with an angular profile; pair of opposing handles with slight horns; two raised cable-bars on neck and shoulder of both sides; buff clay covered with a reddish-brown slip burnished to a high lustre; surface worn in places; repair on the handles. Dimensions: Diameter: 8.50 centimetres mouth ; Height: 21.50 centimetres Object Type: storage-jar Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished III; Stewart Type (VII a2 type z2) Techniques: slipped; polished; handmade