Type: Cypriot Juglet (Bilbil)
Age: 1000 BCE
Era: Late Bronze Age to Iron Age 
Culture: Cyprus
Excavated: Israel
Reference: Amiran, R. (1969) Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land. Photo 177, page 173.
Reference: A near identical jar is also displayed at the Haifa Museum in Israel and one in the British Museum. 

Imported Cypriot ware (which was manufactured on the island of Cyprus) was very common in Canaan and Israel in the Bronze and Iron Age. In fact, it was a highly coveted type of pottery among wealthier members of society. 

Dame Kathleen Kenyon and her team excavated the city of Jericho in the early 20th century. Her conclusion contradicted those of earlier excavator (Garstang). Garstang concluded that the archaeological data from Jericho supports the Biblical narrative, but Kenyon concluded otherwise. She made this conclusion partly on the absence of Cypriot ware which should have been abundant at the time of the Biblical destruction. Later excavator's did, in fact, find Cypriot ware in Jericho, among many other archaeological finds that support the Biblical narrative. 

In fact, Garstang noted that the wall of the city had fallen down, as if by an earthquake. There was, however, one single portion of the wall that remained standing. Could this have been the house of Rahab. Unfortunately, this portion of the wall has since deteriorated, but you can read about it in Garstang's excavation notes. 

Type: Cypriot Bilbil

Age: 1550-1200 BC

Era: Late Bronze Age

In antiquity, there was a thriving trade between the Island of Cyprus and the coast of Israel/Philistia. The graceful curving form of this vessel conveys the lively spirit of the people from which it came so long ago. We remember that these were individuals who laughed and sang, talked, argued and loved. In appearance they were similar to us, though their vision of the world was vastly different. This jug once, perhaps, held oil, wine, or medicinal opium.