Iron Age pottery Black juglet - 120 mm

"Iron Age Pottery Jug

Culture / Period: Iron Age, Ancient Israel / Levant
Date / Period: 700 – 586 B.C.
Material: Pottery
Dimensions: 120 mm
Condition: Good condition, with surface wear, mineral deposits, and minor losses consistent with age. Handle intact and vessel structurally stable.

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Provenance information:
Object Registration ID: 108

The current owner purchased the object from a private collector, N.N., in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands.

The previous owner, a private collector, N.N. from Oosterbeek, stated that the object had been in his collection since 2025.

According to the previous owner, the object had previously been part of a private collection in the Netherlands since the 1980s.

According to the previous owner, the vessel originates from Israel.

No further information concerning the earlier ownership history of the object was available from the previous owner.

Background Information:
This Iron Age pottery jug dates to the period between 700 and 586 B.C. and originates from the region of ancient Israel in the southern Levant. The vessel features a rounded body, a narrow waist, a single loop handle, and a flaring rim designed for controlled pouring. Such pottery jugs were practical domestic vessels used for the storage and serving of liquids including water, oil, wine, and other agricultural products that formed the basis of everyday life in the Iron Age Levant.

During this period, the kingdoms of Judah and Israel formed part of a broader network of Near Eastern cultures connected through trade, agriculture, and political interaction. Ceramic production was highly developed, with local workshops producing large quantities of utilitarian wares for both rural and urban communities. Potters used carefully prepared clay and wheel-made techniques to create durable household vessels suited for daily use and transport.

Jugs of this type are well known from archaeological excavations throughout Israel, including settlement layers, domestic structures, storage facilities, and burial contexts. Their forms remained relatively consistent due to their practical efficiency and the organised nature of regional ceramic traditions. Similar vessels have been recovered from sites associated with the late Iron Age, a period marked by expanding trade networks, fortified cities, and increasing cultural exchange across the eastern Mediterranean.

The simple but functional design reflects the practical needs of ancient households, where pottery vessels played an essential role in food preparation, storage, transport, and communal dining. Such objects were part of everyday life across towns and villages throughout the region and would have been familiar household items within the ancient societies of the Levant.

This piece provides a direct and physical link to the people of antiquity, where vessels of this kind formed an essential part of domestic life in ancient Israel more than 2,500 years ago."