Middle Bronze Age II
Askos in the form of an animal
6in. (15.2cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figure-vessel
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 1900 - 1600 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 224, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.812, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 224
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