Jar

Museum number:
8-7996
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Jar; gourd-shaped incurving body towards round mouth; loop or bail handle rising straight up and looping back on some side of rim. Incised linear decoration on body; one of parallel lines. Handle broken and mended; surface discolored.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus
Culture or time period:
Early Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 2300–1900 BC)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 8-7996, described as Jar; gourd-shaped incurving body towards round mouth; loop or bail handle rising straight up and looping back on some side of rim. Incised linear decoration on body; one of parallel lines. Handle broken and mended; surface discolored.

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