Iron Age Jug, First Pictorial Definitive Issue of the Republic of Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus
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Title
Iron Age Jug, First Pictorial Definitive Issue of the Republic of Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus
Description
This stamp depicts a jug of Bichrome ware decorated in the "freefield" style with a bull sniffing a lotus flower.It belongs to the Archaic Period (750-650 B.C.) and was discovered at Arnadi.It is now in the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia.The Archaic Period was a time when the population of Cyprus continued to be mixed with Phoenicians still in control at Kition and the indigenous Cypriots at Amathus. (Sir David Hunt, Footprints in Cyprus.)
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Designer: A. Tassos
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
TIFF
Language
EL, EN
Type
Identifier
1962C-3M
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Provenance
Aspioti - Elka, Athens
Files
Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus and Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Iron Age Jug, First Pictorial Definitive Issue of the Republic of Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus,” Αψίδα, accessed April 26, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/12465.