Ancient Terracotta Pyxis Highly Decorated

Late Bronze Age - Iron Age I, 13th - 12th century BCE. 4.5” Inches in diam; 3.1” Inches high.

A Terracotta Pyxis, Locally Manufactured After the Mycenaean Prototype. Local Imitation over 3000 Years Old, displaying stunning circular decorations from top to bottom.

Aegean contacts with the East during the Late Bronze II period in Canaan are well documented, primarily through Mycenaean IIIA2 and IIIB pottery found in coastal settlements along major trade routes. Towards the end of this period, there is a noticeable change in the quality and quantity of Mycenaean IIIB pottery, which includes stirrup jars and flasks. Later, locally produced pottery inspired by Mycenaean styles appears at a few sites, but the largest quantities of Aegean-inspired pottery, known as Mycenaean IIIC:1b, emerge on the southern coastal plain during the Early Iron I period.