Middle Bronze Age I
Terracotta jug
Red Polished Ware first appears in the repertoire of Cypriot ceramics at the very beginning of the Early Cypriot I period. It was introduced by emigrants from Anatolia who settled on the island soon after the middle of the third millennium B.C. H. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Ware
- probablyRed Polished ware
- Shape
- Jug
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 2000 - 1800 BC
- Findspot
- Alambra
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. LXXXIII.744, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 82, 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. 24, pp. 29-30, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.1195, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 82
- Karageorghis 2000, no. 24
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