Amphora
- Description
- This is a White Painted Ware jar or ‘amphora’ with two lug handles and was made in the Cypriot Iron Age. It is decorated with dark horizontal rings round the neck and body and shows signs of wear. The shape of this jar was influenced by Greek pottery but it was made in Cyprus. This vessel was donated to the museum in 1882.
- Accession Loan No.
- A532
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- amphora
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- jug, amphora
- Cultural Group
- Cypriot; Greek
- Production Year Low
- -1050
- Production Year High
- -750
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; White Painted Geometric Ware
- Collector / Excavator
- Gilbertson
- Collection Site Name
- Idalium [Idalion]
- Collection Country
- Cyprus
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
