ID: 700000321 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000321	Record Type: Movable Work
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Terracotta kernos (kernos; unknown Cycladic; ca. 2300–2200 BCE; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 2004.363.1; )

Note: Dates from the Early Cycladic III to the Middle Cycladic periods. Such vessels were probably used for sacrificial offerings of food or flowers. The kernos was found, together with a jar (Met 2004.363.2) and a jug (Met 2004.363.3) also at the Metropolitan Musem, in 1829 in a tomb on Melos by Captain Copeland, a British naval officer. In 1857 his widow gave the objects to Eton College, where they remained until coming to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on loan in 1996.

Titles:

Terracotta kernos (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

kernos [300198918] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, ceremonial containers, ceremonial vessels)

Classifications:

ancient art (preferred)

ceremonial

Creation Date: ca. 2300–2200 BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Cycladic [preferred,VP]

potter unknown Cycladic (Cycladic cultural designation) [500203178]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2004.363.1

Credit Line: Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 2004

Other: Creation: Mílos, Nísos [7010922] Kikládhes regional division (regional division), Aiyaíon region (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: terracotta

	terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

Dimensions: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.); diameter: 14in. (35.5cm)

Cultures:

Cycladic (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Early Cycladic [300020063] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Aegean Bronze Age periods, Cycladic)

	Middle Cycladic [300020064] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Aegean Bronze Age periods, Cycladic)

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	sacrifice (religious ceremony) [300263243]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, religious ceremonies) (AAT)

Provenance: Said to be from Melos (Bosanquet 1896-97, p. 58, no. 8). 1829, excavated from a tomb in Melos; by 1836, acquired by Captain Copeland, R.N., in Greece; until 1857, collection of Captain Copeland, England; 1857-2004, Copeland collection, Eton College; 1996-2004, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art; acquired June 7, 2004, purchased from Eton College, England.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Terracotta kernos	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 1 May 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 1 May 2012