Early 17th-14th century B.C. An unglazed terracotta jar with carinated body and shallow cylindrical neck, band of impressed rilled decoration to the shoulder and four small conical bosses. Cf. Amiran, R., Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Israel, 1969, p.159, items 153 and 155, for similar. 4.25 kg, 29.5 cm high (11 5/8 in.). Acquired before 1988. From an important deceased family collection by descent.