Terracotta jug - image 1

Middle Bronze Age III

Terracotta jug

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)

Date

1725 - 1600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1242

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.