Milk-bowl
ca. 1400-1225 B.C.E.
Cypriot
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
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.
- Maker/Artist
- Cypriot
- Classification
- Vessel
- Formatted Medium
- Terracotta, slip
- Medium
- terracotta, slip
- Locations
- Place made: Cyprus
- Dimensions
- 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (10.8 x 16.5 x 21.6 cm)
- Accession Number
- 22.14
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Frederic H. Betts
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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