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LARGE CYPRIOT POTTERY OPIUM JUG FROM BETHLEHEM ! browse these categories for related items... All Items: Holy Land: Pre AD 1000: item #794882 Please refer to our stock #P.26. when inquiring.
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| A large Cypriot base ring ware pottery Jug , with single handle and tall cylindrical neck encircled by two moulded bands, The vessel with rounded body and ring base , the relief decoration consisting of double-spiral motif on body, two bands around neck at join of handle and a further band around base of neck LATE BRONZE AGE, 1550 - 1200 BC. Found in Bethlehem Condition : EXCELLENT.. Intact, not repaired and not restored Height:28.2 cm.Max. Diameter:14.8 cm. Ext. Rim Diameter:10.2 cm. Base Diameter:8.3 cm LATE BRONZE AGE, 1550 - 1200 BC. This period generally coincides with the vibrant New Kingdom period in Egypt when Palestine primarily was under Egyptian control, a rule that became more concentrated and demanding toward the end of the period. Canaan also maintained extensive trade connections with Aegean and northeastern Mediterranean powers. Cypriot pitchers called “bilbils” and shaped as poppyseed heads (upside-down), were among the most popular Palestinian imports. They may have been used to transport opium in wine or water from Cyprus to other Mediterranean sites Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land {Another important group of imported pottery is the Base-Ring Ware. Most typical of this group is the jug, with the slender oblique neck, standing on a ring. It featured a metallic, brown-gray-red burnished slip. The decoration is either painted or is relief lines. This type is known as ‘bilbil’. Analysis of substances found inside some bilbil has shown that they were used to hold the drug opium. The shape of the jug is strikingly (and fittingly) like that of an upturned poppy head.} 1- Shipping " one week delivery 2- Plexiglas stand 3- Export Approval from Israel antiquities Authority 4- certificate of authenticity. | |||||||
