Basalt tripod vessel or mortar, Bronze Age Cypriot tool — Basalt tripod vessel or mortar, Bronze Age Cypriot, c. 2500–1050 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5057.Open Access by the MET

Bronze Age

Basalt tripod vessel or mortar

The mortar has three quite tall legs. H. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); Diam. 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone vessel
Material: StoneAndesite and diabase
Period: Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date: 2500 - 1050 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.5057

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXIV.9, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1532, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 120, p. 75, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 609, p. 409, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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