Terracotta stirrup jar - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Terracotta stirrup jar

The stirrup jar is one of the most common Mycenaean shapes used to contain liquids such as oil or wine. H. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm)

Date

1200 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.747

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 453, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.