Geometric I

Bowl

Bowl: A wide bowl with a tall cylindrical foot, an angular body, a circular rim and two angular handles, each one at the side of the rim. The bowl is decorated in the White Painted I type with a smooth wet self slip and matt brown paint: in the exterior of the body one thick band. Inside the decoration is of one thick brown circular band mid wall, three narrower bands on the lower wall and a roughly drawn open circle on the floor. The clay is pinkish buff with some grit and fired evenly medium hard. (Overall: 58 mm x 180 mm) - Made of Pottery Culture: Late Cypriot III; Cypro-Geometric I