Late Bronze Age Cypriot Terracotta Bilbil - PF.0125 Origin: Cyprus Circa: 1500
BC
to 1200
BC Dimensions:5" (12.7cm) high x 4.25" (10.8cm) wide Catalogue: V1 Collection: Classical Antiquities Medium: Terracotta
This lovely pot was probably made on
Cyprus
before it was exported to ancient Israel
filled
with fine oil. The patriarchs and High
Priests of
the Old Testament might have used such a
vessel when ritually anointing objects
and
people. As we place our fingers where
those
ancient ones lay centuries ago, we are
linked
directly to that distant time and place.
- (PF.0125)