Gourd-shaped jug
- Description
- 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.
- Accession Loan No.
- A535
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- gourd-shaped jug
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- gourd jug, ?aryballos
- Dimensions
- height 151 mm; W 91 mm
- Cultural Group
- Cypriot
- Production Year Low
- -2500
- Production Year High
- -2000
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; Red Polished ware III
- Collector / Excavator
- Gilbertson
- Collection Site Name
- Idalium [Idalion]
- Collection Country
- Cyprus
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe