Bichrome sack-shaped juglet decorated in free-field style with a water bird (ibis) and reeds

Details

• Title

  Bichrome sack-shaped juglet decorated in free-field style with a water bird (ibis) and reeds

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus (find spot)

  Europe › Cyprus › Limassol › Ayios Tychonas › Amathous (possible) (possible place of excavation)

• Date

  750 - 700 BC
  Cypro-Archaic I Period (c. 750 - c. 600 BC)
  

• Material and technique

  ceramic

• Object type

  container › vessel › jug

• Dimensions

  12.5 cm max. (diameter)
  with handle 10.3 cm max. (height)
  without handle 9.8 cm (height)
  base 3.5 cm max. (diameter)
  handle 1.2 cm max. (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Acquired by exchange with Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1911.345

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