A Canaanite Terracotta Juglet they were frequently placed in

they were frequently placed in burial caves and are thus sometimes referred to as “tear bottles

It is celebrated for its unique pottery

with its cylindrical body neck

and the inscriptions are in Greek rather than Latin

A Canaanite Terracotta Juglet they were frequently placed inCanaan is a region historically centered around Palestine, originally inhabited by the Canaanites. References to "Canaan" appear in cuneiform, Egyptian, and Phoenician writings from around the 15th century BCE, as well as in the Old Testament. The term sometimes refers to all of Palestine and Syria, at other times only to the land west of the Jordan River, or a coastal strip from Acre Southward.