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Chlorite spindle whorl, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot tool
Chlorite spindle whorl, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1200–1050 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5000.Open Access by the MET

Late Bronze Age III

Chlorite spindle whorl

Around the central hole are circles in low relief against a background of punctate dots. Diam. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Object type
Textile tool
Decoration techniques
Relief and applied, Impressed and punctured
Motifs
Concentric circles, Dots and dot rows
Material
StoneSteatite
Period
Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot III
Date
1200 - 1050 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1558, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 593, pp. 405, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.5000, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 1558
  • Hermary 2013, no. 593

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