Red-polished ware bowl, with animal-head and sun disc attachments

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Vessel/Pot. Tulip shaped ritual vessel. Red-polished ware bowl, with animal-head and sun disc attachments. Production Place: Cyprus. Find Spot: Vounous Cyprus; Tomb 91. Clay, depth, 0.15 m, width 0.174 m, height 0.172 m, 2400- 2201 B.C. Early Cypriot I. Bronze Age.

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Accession Number: GR.5Y.1939
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Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Image width: 894 pixels
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Filesize: 424.74kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:12:19 12:46:00

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Ancient Greece animal animals antiquity BC black bowl clay Cypriot Cyprus disc disk Early Cypriot Early Cypriot Period Greek incised polished pot pottery red ritual sun disc tulip shaped vessel Vounous

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