Terracotta double bil-bil
Unknown
ca. 1600–1450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
The bil-bil, resembling an upside-down opium poppy, may have been used to contain opium or perfumed oils that were exported from Cyprus to Egypt, the Levant, and the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1600–1450 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
