The Colossal Vase of Amathus

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The original is displayed in the Louvre. It is 

characteristic of the Phoenician civilization of

Cyprus in the 1st millenium BC. The colossal

cistem could contain the huge amount of water needed for the rituals in the temples built on the

acropolis of Amathus. The bulls on the handles show the vase must have been associated with the worship of a local Aphrodite, the main goddess of the temple. ​

We have made 3 copies for the municipality

of Ayios Tychonas.​