Late Bronze Age II
Terracotta jug
The shape of this jug is typically Cypriot, but the decoration was likely inspired by Tell el-Yahudieh Ware pottery imported to Cyprus from Egypt. H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 1600 - 1050 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 367, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.1370, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 367
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