Classical
Small limestone jar
High shoulder and two vertical handles. H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone vessel
- Shape
- Jar
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
- Date
- 599 - 200 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5157
Collection
Provenance
- From the necropolis of Golgoi
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. XCII.599, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1673, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 565, p. 399, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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