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Free Field Humans on White Painted Jar, Archaic I Cypriot
Free Field Humans on White Painted Jar, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 750–600 BC. Cyprus Museum, Nicosia.© Cyprus Museum, Nicosia

Archaic I

Free Field Humans on White Painted Jar

White Painted Jar with a complex free field musical free field scene. 5 humans are scene dancing or playing instruments along side the body of the jar.

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Iron Age)
Shape
Jar
Style
Free-Field Style
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Human figure
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
750 - 600 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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