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A complete Canaanite pottery jar with two handles and a short neck, photographed against a grey background
Photograph of the object Canaanite jar from the Levant, ca. 1500-1400 BCE. The Met, 2001.761.9; the collection record does not state an exact findspot.The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2001.761.9 · Gift of Bess Myerson, 2001 · CC0 · Source · CC0 1.0

Canaanite jar

A large Late Bronze Age clay jar that the museum records as "Canaanite" and "Levant" with no findspot. A pointed base and two handles: a form made for storage and transport, which says something about the vessel before anyone knows where it came from.

Oval steatite seal base engraved with a crocodile-headed figure holding a flower
Photograph of the object Base of a scarab seal from Canaan, ca. 1640-1550 BCE, with a crocodile-headed figure. Glazed steatite museum comparison; The Met, 10.130.398. No specific findspot is stated.The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 10.130.398 · Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910 · CC0 · Source · CC0 1.0

Scarab with a crocodile-headed figure

A small seal-amulet of glazed steatite that the museum records "From Canaan, Levant" and dates by an Egyptian dynasty. Place, dating scheme and culture are three separate questions here.

Canaanite jar · Scarab with a crocodile-headed figure
Compared aspectCanaanite jarScarab with a crocodile-headed figure
Kind of findPotteryAmulets and scarabs
Date as given by the sourceca. 1500-1400 BCE; Late Bronze Ageca. 1640-1550 B.C.; Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 15
PeriodThe Bronze Age: cities and connections Per the museumThe Bronze Age: cities and connections By its dating
Culture or attributionCanaanite, per the catalogueNot recorded by the source
MaterialCeramicGlazed steatite
Dimensions59.5 × 40.2 × 31.2 cm (23 7/16 × 15 13/16 × 12 5/16 in.)l. 2.1 cm (13/16 in); w. 1.4 cm (9/16 in)
FindspotNot recorded by the source"From Canaan, Levant" (the record's geography field; no site named)
RegionThe LevantThe Levant
Held byThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
DisplayNot on view at present, according to the official record
The record was read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · Gallery 111, The Met Fifth Avenue
According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
Record number2001.761.910.130.398
SourceMuseum record Museum record

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