Terracotta disk

Terracotta disk

Description:

These disks may be among the earliest representations of wheels from Cyprus.


diameter 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)

Period:

Middle Bronze Age II

Date:

1900 - 1725 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 143 a, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 55, pp. 36, 253, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1212