Geometric I

Vase neck

Short, cylindrical neck and flat rim with two ring handles which are fastened by a loop to a rectangular attachment. 3 1/8in. (7.9cm) Other: 16 15/16in. (43cm)

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Shape: Sherd
Material: Clay
Period: probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date: 1050 - 1000 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.5634

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4913, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 477, p. 184, New York: Gilliss Press.Matthäus, Hartmut. 1985. Metallgefässe und Gefässuntersätze der Bronzezeit, der geometrischen und archaischen Periode auf Cypern: mit einem Anhang der bronzezeitlichen Schwertfunde auf Cypern, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Abteilung II Bd. 8. no. 511, pp. 221, 376, München: Beck.

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