
Geometric I
Plate
Plate with handle and trough-spout, maltese cross on under side. Other: 1 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (4.9 x 12.5 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Dish and plate
- Motif
- Maltese cross
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
- Date
- 1050 - 900 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 568, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.868, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 568
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