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Gold Ewer Decorated with Concentric Circles in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008

Gold Ewer Decorated with Concentric Circles in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008
Ewer Decorated with Concentric Circles
Gold
North-central Anatolia
Early Bronze Age II-III, 2700-2200 BC

Accession # 57.67

The form of this ewer was achieved by hammering. A spout originally projected from the neck. Gold vessels of similiar type were found in the rich burials at Alaca Hoyuk.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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