Basalt mortar or plate - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Basalt mortar or plate

The mortar has a ring foot and an in-curving lip. H. 1 1/4 x D. 6 7/8 in. (3.2 x 17.5 cm)

Date

1600 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5041

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1526, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 613, p. 410, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.