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Bowl (base ring II ware)
Late Bronze Age 1575 BCE-1050 BCE

Medium
fired clay
Measurements
7.3 × 20.5 × 15.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Cyprus
Accession Number
1853-D5
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Colonel Aubrey H. L. Gibson (Rtd), 1968
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Medium-sized bowl (milk-bowl) with detailed horizontal 'wish-bone' handle. Red burnished pottery with light black slip. The upper part of the bowl is wide and shallow, while the central recess is narrower and comparatively deep. The base area is flattened with the outer edge of the base projected to form a ring.