Jug
Item number M1.27 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Jug made of light buff fine-grained clay with a lustrous dark red slip. White filling in incised decoration. Pear-shaped body. Short wide cylindrical neck. Everted circular rim with a small point in front. Rising handle from the rim to the shoulder. A projection in front at the neck base. On the neck are two groups of horizontal straight grooves. On the body are five straight grooves and a row of hatched lozenges, a framed row with groups of short oblique strokes, a row of hatched lozenges and six straight grooves. All are arranged horizontally.
History Of Use
Used to store and pour liquids.
Cultural Context
storage
Narrative
Collected by Mr. Cesnola. Part of a collection made in Cyprus in 1873 and presented to the Metropolitan Museum for the 1875 opening.
Item History
- Made in Cyprus between 1851 BCE and 1701 BCE
- Collected during 1873
- Owned by Luigi Palma di Cesnola
- Owned by Stanford University Museum before March 1973
- Received from Barrett Montford Endowment Fund (Funding source), Stanford University Museum (Seller) and Department of Classics U.B.C. Department of Classics (Funding source) during March 1973
What
- Name
- Jug
- Identification Number
- M1.27
- Type of Item
- jug
- Material
- clay
- Manufacturing Technique
- hand built, incised and fired
- Overall
- height 10.7 cm, width 7.8 cm, depth 6.3 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cyprus
Who
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Previous Owner
- Luigi Palma di Cesnola and Stanford University Museum
- Received from
- Barrett Montford Endowment Fund (Funding source), Stanford University Museum (Seller) and Department of Classics U.B.C. Department of Classics (Funding source)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1851 BCE and 1701 BCE
- Collection Date
- during 1873
- Ownership Date
- before March 1973
- Acquisition Date
- during March 1973
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 96
- Accession Number
- 0239/0006
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