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. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Date
1200 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.759
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. XC.778, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 413, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.