Archaic II
Handle of a jug
Other: 5in. (12.7cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Sherd
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Date
- 699 - 500 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4891, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 692, pp. 241-43, 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. 546, pp. 245, 376, München: Beck.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5458, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4891
- Richter 1915, no. 692
- Matthäus 1985, no. 546
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