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Spouted Jug

Oinochoe · 2nd millennium BCE

White ground with brownish black paint. Paint on spout, neck and upper body below spout appears to have been washed off with use. Thumbprint in clay below spout. Body decorated with panels alternating cross-hatches and geometric patterns. Globular body with rounded bottom. Long tapering spout.

Shape

Oinochoe

Period

Bronze Age, Middle

Date

2nd millennium BCE

Culture

Cypriot

Dimensions

H: 10.00 cm W: 7.90 cm

Findspot

Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1952.12

Image Source

harvard

Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)