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On a Phoenician Vase found in Cyprus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Extract

The vase of which I here publish representations is barrel-shaped with round ends, and has at each end protuberances in the form of nipples. There is a small raised ring round the neck. The mouth is funnel-shaped, with edges slightly overlapping. The dimensions are as follows:—Circumference over nipples 2 ft. 7⅝ in. Circumference of barrel 2 ft. 1 in. Height of neck 3½ in. Total height of jar 1 ft. ⅛ in. The vase was bought at Larnaca, and probably found near that place.

The vessel is of a purely Phoenician model, though not necessarily of pre-Hellenic times, of a kind occurring not only in earlier and later specimens made by the Phoenician race in Cyprus, but also in pottery manufactured by other races in places in the island where their influence predominated. The clay used in the composition of the jar is of a darkish cream colour, and has evidently been very carefully washed and prepared.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1884

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