Terracotta spindle bottle

Cypriot

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Red Lustrous Wheel-made ware was produced on Cyprus for 350 years. Vases of this ware were exported to the Levant, Egypt, and Anatolia. Bottles of this shape may have contained perfumed oil. A V sign was engraved on the base before firing.

Terracotta spindle bottle, Terracotta, Cypriot

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