Terracotta jug

Terracotta jug

Description:

This type of vase, with a long narrow neck and funnel spout, may have contained perfumed oils. The shape and engraved decoration were probably inspired by Tell el-Yahudieh jugs.


H. 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)

Period:

Middle Bronze Age III

Date:

1725 - 1600 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 167, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1242