Flask
Pilgrim Flask
| Object Number: | 49-12-664 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Eastern Mediterranean Gallery Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Cyprus Kourion Kaloriziki |
| Site Name/Number: | Kourion |
| Locus: | Tomb 25:57 |
| Period: | Proto-White Painted |
| Date Made: | 1050–850 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1050 |
| Late Date: | -850 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Technique: | Proto-White Painted Ware |
| Height: | 14.3 cm |
| Width: | 10.2 cm |
| Depth: | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Cyprus Expedition, J. F. Daniel, 1949 |
| Other Number: | P52 - Field No SF |
Description
Complete and intact. Narrow neck with rectangular shoulders to mid-neck; funnel mouth. One face of body flattened terminating in a knob; the other elongated with flattened termination (trunkated cone). Clay: gritty light orange-brown; sandy. Paint: thick purple-brown. Paint on upper and lower neck, handles barred; front, back and side divided into zones by a thick and narrow band. Decoration: interlaced shaded triangles resembling wickerwork.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Year of Discovery - Kourion at the Crossroads: Exploring Ancient Cyprus (26 Mar 2016 - 05 Mar 2017) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Eastern Mediterranean Gallery: Crossroads of Culture (19 Nov 2022) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Catling, H. W., and Catling, E. A., and Porada, Edith, and Benson, Jack L. 1973. The Necropolis of Kaloriziki; excavated by J.F. Daniel and G.H. McFadden for the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.. Goteborg. Paul Astroms (SIMA 36). Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 76, no. K167, pls. 20, 61 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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