Jars, defined as symmetrical vessel with wide neck, are a common shape throughout history. These shapes are usually relegated to the transport and storage of foods and materials. Their resemblance with Greek and Roman amphoras has resulted in them being often called as such.

While the Bronze Age homes oftened had very large jars placed into the ground for longer term storage of foods and other material, the jars of ancient Cyprus that spring to mind are those of the Iron age.

While these jars are also offen refered to as transport amphorae, it is clear that many surved more than a utilitarian purporse being beautifully decorated in prototypical Cypro-Geometric patterns and motifs. In the later Cypro-Archaic, as with many other pottery types, the decoration becomes more extreme and exaggerated with the use of more complex motifs.

Iron age jars varied wildly in size, with some being as small as 20 - 30cm, and others being as large as 60 - 90cm.