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Bronze Age Cup from Jericho
Circa 2000-1000 BC
Description:
Deep-bowled cup with broad mouth and
slightly everted rim. The bowl is 
hand-modeled from coarsely grained orange-pink
terracotta. A round-in-section handle loops from the brim of the juglet to the
shoulder. Beneath the rim on the opposite side of the handle are two small clay
vertical protrusions. Rounded base. Attractive early Bronze Age vessel, said to
have been found at Jericho. The Middle Bronze Age Period roughly coincides with
the period of Exodus.
Height: 2.5 in (6.4 cm)
Condition: Intact with a stable age fissure at the rim.
Provenance: Formerly in a private West Coast collection.
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