File:Terracotta amphora with Phoenician inscription MET DP121456.jpg
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Terracotta amphora with Phoenician inscription |
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Description |
Cypriot; Amphora with Phoenician inscription; Cesnola Inscriptions; The painted inscription below the rim reads 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉 (B‘LY, Baalay), the name of the owner of either the storage jar or its contents. See: Teixidor, Javier (1976). "The Phoenician Inscriptions of the Cesnola Collection". Metropolitan Museum Journal 11: 65. DOI:10.2307/1512684. ISSN 0077-8958. |
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Date | second half of 7th century B.C.; Cypro-Archaic I | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | Clay | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | H.: 18 15/16 in. (48.1 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236 |
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Current location |
Greek and Roman Art |
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Accession number |
74.51.2298a, b |
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Place of discovery | From Cyprus, said to be from the sanctuary of the Phoenician diety Eshmun-melqarth at Kition (modern Larnaka) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/241852
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