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Zoomorphic vessel (askos)

Unknown2600–1800 BCE

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Ceramic stirrup jar in the form of a four-legged animal. Two sets of triple rings framing a band of horizontal grooves decorate the animal’s body. This type of jar is called an askos. Zoomorphic askoi were widespread in the northern Aegean during the early Bronze Age.

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  • Title: Zoomorphic vessel (askos)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 2600–1800 BCE
  • Provenance: Schliemann Collection
  • Type: Pottery
  • Medium: Clay
  • Inv. no.: (MVF) Sch 2433
  • ISIL no.: DE-MUS-019212
  • External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Klaus Göken || Text © Prestel Verlag / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
  • Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte | Schliemann-Sammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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