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Terracotta lentoid flask, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot
Terracotta lentoid flask, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1600–1050 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1312.Open Access by the MET

Late Bronze Age II

Terracotta lentoid flask

A sign that may be in the undeciphered Cypro-Minoan script was engraved near the base of the handle before firing. There is little evidence for direct contact between Crete and Cyprus when the syllabic script Cypro-Minoan was first adopted around 1500 B.C. The transference of Minoan script to Cyprus from Crete probably occurred at a site on the coast of Syria, where both Cypriots and Minoans had active commercial relations. H. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm)

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
FlaskLentoid flask
Material
Clay
Period
Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1600 - 1050 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus

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Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.1312, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 376
  • Karageorghis 2000, no. 68

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