Jug

Museum number:
8-270a
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
68 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Jug; gourd-shaped body, narrow cylindrical neck with flaring rim, vertical handle from rim to shoulder. Incised linear decoration. Body design consists of four vertical bands of zigzag lines separated by straight vertical bands of hatching within parallel lines; bands of horizontal lines on neck and bordering body design. Rim badly chipped, heavy surface abrasion and discoloration.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection 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
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Jugs (vessels)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 8-270a, described as Jug; gourd-shaped body, narrow cylindrical neck with flaring rim, vertical handle from rim to shoulder. Incised linear decoration. Body design consists of four vertical bands of zigzag lines separated by straight vertical bands of hatching within parallel lines; bands of horizontal lines on neck and bordering body design. Rim badly chipped, heavy surface abrasion and discoloration.

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