Late Bronze Age I
Half -spherical shells
Half -spherical shells composite vessel made of four small, hemispherical shells that are connected to each other in an irregular square;On the underside of bulging, round connecting bridge, accordingly on the top of high vertical, wide -shaped handle with a rectangular opening in the upper third.The small -format vessel was probably used for cult purposes.Vessels composed of multiplied basic forms are very common in the Cypric Ceramic.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999 H. 14,7 cm, L. 16 cm, B. 14,1 cm
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Date
- 1625 - 1450 BC
Accession No.
Antikensammlung, IV 1794
Collection
Provenance
- ENFALLSCHETHERE, MAX;1890 exchange
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