Polis Chrysochous · Cyprus · Twenty Years of Excavation
The jug is decorated with floral motifs and a plastic bull’s head on the shoulder.
It resembles closely a special type probably made either exclusively or principally
in the ancient city of Marion, an amphora-shaped vase with a spout to which
was attached a human figure, usually a draped woman. These vases were made from
about the early fifth century B.C., but were particularly popular in the fourth
century.
From rescue excavations in the Deposita district.
Cypro-Classical II Period (Fourth century B.C.)