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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Milk-bowl

Cypriot

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Object Label

The inhabitants of Cyprus exported bowls with wishbone handles throughout the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries B.C.E. Egyptologists call them milk bowls because of their milky coloration, but they do not know how the bowls were used.

Caption

Cypriot. Milk-bowl, ca. 1400–1225 B.C.E.. Terracotta, slip, 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (10.8 x 16.5 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frederic H. Betts, 22.14. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Cypriot

Title

Milk-bowl

Date

ca. 1400–1225 B.C.E.

Period

Late Cypriot IIB to late Cypriot IIC Period

Geography

Place made: Cyprus

Medium

Terracotta, slip

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

4 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (10.8 x 16.5 x 21.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Frederic H. Betts

Accession Number

22.14

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Artists and makers

Cypriot

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