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1897.33.5

Small globular jug from Cyprus; ?Middle Bronze Age in date. [Dan Hicks 01/05/2012]

1897.33.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Small globular jug from Cyprus; ?Middle Bronze Age in date. [Dan Hicks 01/05/2012]
Geographical reference
Cyprus
Asia > Western Asia > Cyprus
Famagusta Kalopsida
Person
Field collector John Linton Myres
PRM source John Linton Myres
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
1894
Acquisition information
Donated: 1897
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Handbuilt, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Slipped
Dimensions
Height: max 98 mm, Diameter: max 63 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1897.33.5
Research and responses

John L Myres excavated Kalopsida [a Bronze Age settlement and necropolis] in 1894, April 17 -23. His report on the excavation can be read in the 1897 volume of the The Journal of Hellenic Studies [Vol. 17, pp. 134-173], article titled 'Excavations in Cyprus in 1894 '. This article can be accessed online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/623823. [MN 07/08/2009]

Search terms: Vessel, Death, Pottery, Religion, Jug, Grave Good

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