# Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar

- Date: c. 1400–1300 BCE
- Medium: ceramic
- Classification: Ceramic
- Dimensions: Diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); Overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Diameter of base: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Greek, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA1-2b
- Credit line: Gift of Leo Mildenberg
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.60)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1978.60/1978.60_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This shape was popular in its time as the amphora was several hundred years later, and probably served a similar function as a storage vessel. It was exported and imitated all over the Mediterranean world during the late Bronze Age.