Jar Item Number: M1.55 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Amphora, made of cream, grainy clay, full of dark grits. Red-brown and black, thin, matt paint. Small conical foot at bottom and cylindrical between base and body, oval body with flat everted rim and flat vertical handles from rim to shoulder. Decoration consists of short strokes in groups on top surface of rim and handles. Edges of rim and handles outlined with a continuous line. Wavy line on neck. Band at junction of neck and body. Broad and narrow bands in black paint in central portion of body, surrounding one broad red-brown band. Black base.
History Of Use
For storing liquids.
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 851 BCE and 701 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
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)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cyprus
When
- Creation Date
- between 851 BCE and 701 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
- 0239/0013