Basalt mortar or plate

Basalt mortar or plate

Description:

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)

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1600 - 1050 BC

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.

Accession Number:

74.51.5041