Artifact: bc006a

Number:	BC006
Ware/Material:	Red Polished Ware
Shape/Type:	Bowl
Date:	Prehistoric Bronze Age
Preservation:	Mended, mostly complete, chips from lugs and rim.
Body Shape:	Deep hemispherical
Base Shape:	Rounded
Rim Shape:	Plain
Handle(s):	2 vertical horizontally-pierced lugs with vertical curved projections rising above rim.
Fabric:	Pinkish-buff
Description:	Red slip. 2 stringhole projections rising above rim on either side midway between the lugs. Lime-filled incised decoration comprising several registers of lines and lozenges. Closest to base, 4 horizontal concentric lines beneath a row of 9 hatched lozenges. These are surmounted by a register of 5 concentric lines beneath a band of 15 hatched lozenges. Between this band and the rim, another register of 5 roughly parallel horizontal concentric lines. Lugs and interior left plain.
Height(cm):	8.5
Max. Diameter(cm):	18.9
Rim Diameter(cm):	18.9
Manufacture:	Hand built
Comparisons in Print:	SCE IV:1A, 333; Webb 1997:, 107 (different handles).
Remarks:	Acquired Kolokasides c-989-3

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