Ellipsoid jar

Museum number:

8-267a

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm2108000267a

Alternate number:

60 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.147

Object count:

1

Description:

Bowl: (”Pyxis”), Oblong shaped, incurving rim, pierced lug at either side near top, no handle. Incised linear decoration of parallel zig-zags and straight lines. Chip missing from rim, and has polished surface.

Donor:

Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé

Collection place:

Cyprus

Verbatim coll. place:

Cyprus

Culture or time period:

Early Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 2300–1900 BC) and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 1900–1600 BC)

Collector:

Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé

Collection date:

March 6, 1901

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Jars

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Classical Mediterranean