
Middle Bronze Age I
Terracotta jug with two necks
Double neck and handle, incised lozenges and circles. H. 8 9/16 in. (21.8 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- JugMulti-necked jug
- Decoration
- Incised
- Material
- Clay
- Findspot
- Alambra
- Date
- 2000 - 1800 BC
Collection
Provenance
- Said to be from Alambra
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. XCVI.821, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 87, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 25, p. 30, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.1194, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 87
- Karageorghis 2000, no. 25
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