Terracotta jug - image 1

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)

Date

1600 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1370

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.