Late Bronze Age I
Minoan Octopus Jar
Jar with highly detailed octopus, found on Cyprus
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Ware
- Minoan pottery
- Shape
- Jar
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- Aegean and GreeceCrete
- Date
- 1600 - 1300 BC
Collection
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