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The term bridge-spouted vessel is used for several different types of jugs or pitchers from Near East and Mediterranean cultures. The Minoan bridge-spouted vessels have a connection over the horizontal spout where the rim of the vessel is, while the Iranian bridge-spouted vessels feature a connection running from the more vertical spout to the rim of the vessel.

Crete
The term as applied to archaeology of Crete denotes a vessel with an horizontally-oriented spout, where the rim of the jar connects to form a "bridge" over the otherwise-open spout. The general bridge-spout form appears during the Early Minoan period, including in Vasiliki ware.

The classic jar form develops near the beginning of the second millennium BCE, near Knossos, and was made possible by the adoption of the potter's wheel. It forms part of the cultural shift from the prepalatial period to the organization of the first palaces. These jars were used to serve drinks, and some contain sieves between jug and spout indicating that they were used for wine that contained dregs. It seems that communal dining was an important force of social cohesion among palatial groups, and these vessels were made for that use. Although most examples are made of terracotta, a form of pottery, some exist made from other materials, such as a porphyry Egyptian vase that has been converted into a bridge-spouted vessel, in the Heraklion Museum collection.

These vessels were also produced as trade items, and have been found in contexts ranging from the Levant to tombs in Abydos, Egypt.

Iran
Iranian bridge-spouted vessels date from the Iron Age, and feature a more vertical spout connected by a bridge like a flying buttress to the rim.

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A bridge-spouted vessel is a particular design of ewer (jug or pitcher) originating in antiquity; there is typically a connecting element between the spout and filling aperture, and the spout is a completely independent aperture from the usually smaller central fill opening. Early examples of the bridge-spouted vessel are found in Ancient Persia in the early Iron Age on collection database and on Crete. This type of vessel typically appears in the Bronze Age or early Iron Age.

Americas
There is a similarly-named type of vessel, double spout and bridge vessel, characteristic of the pottery of the Nazca culture of Pre-Columbian Peru, where two spouts rising vertically from the body of the vessel are linked by a bridge that apparently also served as a carrying handle.