Amphora (jar)
Culture: Cypriot
Date: ca. 650-550 B.C.
Period: Cypro-Archaic
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions:
preserved height: 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
diameter with handles: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
diameter of foot: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.20
Markings: Inventory numbers written in ink on exterior below handle: "2." and "S R 5029/69"
Provenance: acquired by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, on Cyprus, 1969; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
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