Magnesite bobbin

Magnesite bobbin

Description:

Spindle shaped object with concentric circles.


L. 4 1/16 in. (3.8 cm); Diam. 1 1/2 (10.3 cm)

Period:

Bronze Age

Date:

3900 BC - 100 AD

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1642, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 635, p. 415, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5122