
Bronze Age
Terracotta juglet with incised letters on base
On the bottom are incised the Greek letters ΦΠV, and another letter (either Σ or W) written separately. H.: 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (8.3 x 7.3 cm)
Date
3900 BC - 100 AD
Accession No.
74.51.2429
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Said to be from Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CL, 5, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1983, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.