Bronze Age, Canaanite — Pyxis — 1400 - 1200 B.C

Bronze Age, Canaanite, 1400 - 1200 B.C, Pottery, 115 mm x 105 mm Condition: Good condition. Documented provenance. Antikarts dossier with presentation, characteristics and traceability.
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Detailed Description

Item: Pyxis.

Culture: Bronze Age, Canaanite.

Dating: 1400 - 1200 B.C.

Material: Pottery.

Dimensions: 115 mm x 105 mm.

Analysis & expertise

Record prepared for Antikarts from the photographs and technical information provided by the source.

Attributions and measurements are retained as cataloguing markers, without over-interpretation.

This entry is preserved in the Antikarts Museum as a documentary reference (no price displayed).

Characteristics

Item: Pyxis

Material: Pottery

Culture: Bronze Age, Canaanite

Period: 1400 - 1200 B.C

Dimensions: 115 mm x 105 mm

Condition: Good condition

Historical context

During the Bronze Age, expanding networks and new techniques reshaped societies. Ceramics, ornaments and tools document practices, exchange routes and regional identities.

Attribution: Bronze Age, Canaanite. Dating indicated: 1400 - 1200 B.C.

Cultural value

Preserved as a comparison anchor within the Antikarts corpus.

Primary value lies in typology, stated dating and the associated traceability trail.

Traceability & guarantees

Provenance (summary): Ex Jerusalem private collection, acquired between 1975 - 1990..

Record preserved in the Antikarts Museum as a documentary reference.

Archived source: https://www.yourantiquarian.com/product/bronze-age-pyxis-4/.

References / comparanda: Grant E. 1929. Beth Shemesh (Palestine) Progress of the Haverford Archaeological Expedition. Pennsylvania, 189:476 Canaan was the name of a large and prosperous ancient country (at times independent, at others a tributary to Egypt) located in the Levant region of present-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. It was also known as Phoenicia. The origin of the name 'Canaan' comes from various ancient texts and there is no scholarly consensus on precisely where the name originated nor what it meant..

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Material, chronological and cultural record for the object

Reference YA-8239
Period
Bronze Age, Canaanite
Date
1400 - 1200 B.C
Diameter
115 mm x 105 mm
Other References
Grant E. 1929. Beth Shemesh (Palestine) Progress of the Haverford Archaeological Expedition. Pennsylvania, 189:476 Canaan was the name of a large and prosperous ancient country (at times independent, at others a tributary to Egypt) located in the Levant r
Condition
Good condition
Provenance
Ex Jerusalem private collection, acquired between 1975 - 1990.