Plain White Wheel-made Bowl - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Plain White Wheel-made Bowl

Pottery bowl in Plain White Wheel-made ware; wheel-made; wide hemispherical body on a low disc base; plain rim; single spool-like lug-handle on rim, pierced longitudinally; two Cypro-Minoan characters on the underside of the base, incised after firing; made of gritty buff-orange clay with a buff-cream slip; several portions of the upper body and rim are missing, while the rim is chipped and worn throughout; slip missing in places. Dimensions: Diameter: 22.50 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Plain White Wheel-made Ware Techniques: wheel-made; incised Inscription: Inscription type: inscription Inscription position: base Inscription language: Cypro-Minoan Inscription script: Cypro-Minoan Inscription note: According to Dr Silvia Ferara, the signs are 033 and 098 (or a variant of 099)

Date

1650 - 1200 BC

Accession No.

1899,1229.27

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Klavdia (possibly)
  • Kouklia