Terracotta stirrup jar

Unknown

ca. 1300–1230 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Large numbers of Mycenaean vases inundated the Cypriot market starting at the beginning of the fourteenth century B.C., perhaps as a result of intensive trade relations between the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean regions. The stirrup jar is one of the most common Mycenaean shapes used to contain liquids such as oil or wine. It is possible, however, that some of the vases, especially those made in the thirteenth century B.C., may have been made by Mycenaean potters working on Cyprus. It is now also well documented that clay was traded in antiquity.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1300–1230 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Mycenaean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76