Bronze saucer-shaped lamp, Archaic II Cypriot — Bronze saucer-shaped lamp, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 599–400 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5651.Open Access by the MET

Archaic II

Bronze saucer-shaped lamp

Other: 6 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (16.5 x 15.6 cm)

Classification

Object type: Lamp
Shape: Special and ritual vesselsLamp
Material: MetalCopper and bronze
Place of production: Cyprus
Date: 599 - 400 BC

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4981, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1324, p. 379, New York: Gilliss Press.Matthäus, Hartmut. 1985. Metallgefässe und Gefässuntersätze der Bronzezeit, der geometrischen und archaischen Periode auf Cypern: mit einem Anhang der bronzezeitlichen Schwertfunde auf Cypern, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Abteilung II Bd. 8. no. 602, pp. 271, 376, München: Beck.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.5651, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 4981
Richter 1915, no. 1324
Matthäus 1985, no. 602

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