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Terracotta jug

ca. 2500–2300 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
At the beginning of the Early Bronze Age, a major catastrophe in Anatolia caused the settlement on the island of refugees who brought with them new cultural ideas. The pottery of this period, also known as the Philia cultural phase after the site where it was first discovered, is very similar to that of Anatolia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta jug
  • Period: Early Cypriot I
  • Date: ca. 2500–2300 BCE
  • Culture: Cypriot
  • Medium: Terracotta; Red Polished I Ware
  • Dimensions: 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
    Diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Lent by the Cyprus Museum, Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus
  • Object Number: L.2000.12.3
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art