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Flask

2nd millennium BCE

Gourd shaped body. White ground with red paint. Some paint around neck and handle has washed off. Lip is chipped and uneven. Handle has string-hole. Decoration alternates cross-hatched areas with zig-zag lines. Front of flask has mineral deposits/salt marks.

Period

Bronze Age, Late

Date

2nd millennium BCE

Culture

Cypriot

Dimensions

H: 11.60 cm W: 6.30 cm

Findspot

Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1966.126

Image Source

harvard

Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)