Bottle

Description

Pottery bottle with tall narrow body, narrow neck and handle from upper neck to shoulder, Red Lustrous Wheel-made ware: Ancient Egypt, Middle Egypt, Sedment, Late Cypriot IB - IIA, c.1575 - 1400 BC

Museum reference

A.1921.1471

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Bottle

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

1575 - 1400 BC

Style / Culture

Late Cypriot 1B - Late Cypriot IIA

Materials

Pottery

Physical description

Pottery, orange to orange red surface, burnished; single relief band around neck at handle zone

Collection place(s)

Sedment, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Aphrodite's Island: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Cyprus (14 Apr 1988 - 04 Sep 1988)
  Royal Museum

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Goring, Elizabeth. A mischievous pastime : digging in Cyprus in the nineteenth century, 1988, National Museums Scotland in assciation with Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, p. 69, 71

On display

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