Jar Item Number: Cj53 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Jar with body that tapers from shoulders down to a rounded point at the base. Neck is straight; handles were attached to either side of neck at shoulder. Exterior has sea life accretions in grey, white, and brown. Coiled indents are visible on body under these accretions.
Narrative
Found in a Larnaca Bay shipwreck, but thought to be Palestinian in origin.
Item History
What
Who
- Culture
- Palestinian ?
- Previous Owner
- Anonymous
- Received from
- Anonymous (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Asia ?
- Collected in
- Larnaca, Cyprus
When
- Creation Date
- between 500 and 600
- Collection Date
- during 1963
- Ownership Date
- before March 18, 1996
- Acquisition Date
- on March 18, 1996
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1690/0001