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Early Bronze Age Terracotta Cup - PF.3319
Origin: Hebron, Israel
Circa: 3300
BC
to 2300
BC
Dimensions:
2.875" (7.3cm) high
x 4.125" (10.5cm) wide
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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| Description |
The functional simplicity of this terracotta lends
it a timeless elegance that appeals to
contemporary tastes as much as it surely did to
ancient ones. Even after the passage of millennia,
the design of such a cup could hardly be
improved upon. What did it once contain, we
wonder, and who drank from it? Perhaps it
contained special fluid that ancient people drank
for sustenance and/or pleasure. Did those
ancient people stop, as we do, to admire the
grace of the cup as they held it in their hands?
We feel in its presence a direct bond with those
long-forgotten individuals.
- (PF.3319)
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