Amphoriskos

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia

PeriodEarly Bronze Age II

Date3050-2700 BCE

MediumClay

Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958

Dimensions3 x 2 7/16 in. (7.6 x 6.2 cm)

Object number1955.022

Label TextLittle juglets and amphoriskoi were used to store precious oil.
Exhibition HistoryAcross the Millennia: Antiques from the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Southern Bell Center, Atlanta, Georgia, January 6 - February 29, 1988
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho I (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960), 105, 275, figure 35, number 12.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 42.

ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jericho, Palestine.

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