Archaic I
Amphora
H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 850, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.862, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 850
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