Caananite Wheel-Made Bowl in the Brooklyn Museum, May 2011

Culture: Canaanite

Title: Pot

Date: ca. 1750–1550 B.C.E.

Period: Middle Bronze IIB-Middle Bronze IIC Period

Geography: Place made: Israel

Medium: Clay

Classification: Vessel

Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (3.8 x 13.3 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of Harvey A. Herbert

Accession Number: 1992.104.1

Object Label:

Some vessels of this type were brought to Egypt by Asiatic settlers who established residence in the Nile Delta during the late Middle Kingdom. Others may have belonged to the Hyksos, Asiatics who ruled much of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.


Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/4280