Late Bronze Age I
Terracotta double bil-bil
The bil-bil, resembling an upside-down opium poppy, may have been used to contain opium or perfumed oils that were exported from Cyprus to Egypt, the Levant, and the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age. H. 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
Date
1600 - 1450 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1185
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 58, p. 41, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2002. Early Cyprus: Crossroads of the Mediterranean. pl. 73, Los Angeles, California: J. Paul Getty Museum.
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