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Object Type
Museum number: 1884,1210.176
Description: Large pottery basin in Red Polished ware; deep conical body with a flat base; slightly outcurving rim; two simple lugs on opposing sides of the rim, each pireced twice; red clay and slip, polished surface. Red Polished III ware.
Cultures/periods: Early Cypriot III (?); Middle Cypriot I (?)
Production date: 2100BC-1900BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Phoenikiais, tomb
Materials
Ware
Type series: Stewart Type (XI D1 type j); Red Polished III
Technique: pierced; handmade; polished
Dimensions: Height: 15.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: See Stewart, Corpus of Cypriot artefacts of the Early Bronze Age, vol. III/1 (1999), pp. 45-68 for this type.
Bibliographic references: Stewart CCAEBA / Corpus of Cypriot artefacts of the Early Bronze Age (Part III:1, p. 54. XI D1 type j, no. 1; pl. X, 6); CVA British Museum 1 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 1, British Museum 1 (pl. 2,15)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1884
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1884,1210.176
Conservation

Free entry