Chlorite mortar, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot tool
Chlorite mortar, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1600–700 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5056.Open Access by the MET

Late Bronze Age II

Chlorite mortar

The mortar has three quite tall legs. H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)

Classification

Object type
Tool
Material
Stone
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Date
1600 - 700 BC

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Accession No.

74.51.5056

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1537, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 608, p. 409, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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