Gourd-shaped jug
This is a Red Incised Ware alabastron or gourd-shaped jug. It was made in the Cypriot Early Bronze Age. It has a round base and body sloping shoulders and a well defined long neck. This vessel was donated to the museum in 1882.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- A535
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Gilbertson
- Material
- potteryRed Polished ware III
- Common Name
- gourd-shaped jug
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Production Year Low
- -2500
- Production Year High
- -2000