Canaanite Amphora

An ancient Greek Canaanite ‘torpedo’ amphora of pointed form with lug handles at the shoulder.

Ca. 1300 - 900 BC.

Height: 17 3/4 in. (45 cm).

This ‘torpedo’ shaped amphora type (Gjerstad’s Plain White V-VI Ware) has been found at a number of Eastern Mediterranean sites from the late Bronze Age. They were among the cargo of the Uluburun wreck, ca. 1300 BC, found off the coast of Southern Turkey.

Formerly in the collection of Barbara Walters, New York.

Inv#: 9124

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$5,000