ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Amphoriskos
Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
PeriodEarly Bronze Age II
Date3050-2700 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Dimensions3 1/8 x 2 3/16 in. (8 x 5.6 cm)
Object number1955.043
Label TextLittle juglets and amphoriskoi were used to store precious oil.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho I (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960), 106, 342, figure 35, number 13.
ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jericho, Palestine.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
3050-2700 BCE
3050-2700 BCE
2000-1600 BCE
2000-1600 BCE
3300-3050 BCE
3300-2000 BCE
ca. 2000-1750 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
after 1539 BCE
2100-1850 BCE
