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Late Bronze Age III

Bowl

Bowl: A complete dish with a short body, a wide mouth and two very small angular handles, each attached to the sides just below the rim. There is wheel ridging on the outer surface. The bowl is in pinkish clay with some grit, evenly fired medium hard and has a wet smooth self slip. It has decoration of orange brown paint: inside a medium band on mid wall and an enclosed dot in a spiral of three on the floor. The rim is also painted in and out. In the exterior body there is a medium band on the mid wall.. The clay has chipped in many small areas on both the exterior and the interior. (Overall: 51 mm x 163 mm) - Made of Pottery Culture: Late Cypriot IIIB

Date

1100 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

56.218.82

Collection

Liverpool Museum

Provenance

  • St Andrews University and Liverpool Museums Kouklia Expedition, Previous owner, …

References

  • Cypriot Pottery in the Liverpool Museum, S C Tsielepi, Piotr Bienkowski, 1988, P…