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Zoomorphic vessel with stag-head on one end and bull head on opposite end, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot
Zoomorphic vessel with stag-head on one end and bull head on opposite end, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 2100–1850 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1971.856.Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Early Bronze Age III

Zoomorphic vessel with stag-head on one end and bull head on opposite end

Zoomorphic vessel with stag-head on one end and bull head on opposite end Dimensions: 11.3cm (height)13.6cm (length) Object Type: container > vessel > flask

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figure-vessel
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsZoomorphic vessel
Motifs
Goat, deer and ibex, Bull and cattle
Material
Clay
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Date
2100 - 1850 BC

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Provenance

  • Europe, Cyprus (find spot)

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Accession no.
AN1971.856, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology · Museum record

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