Sandstone whetstone or polisher, Bronze Age Cypriot tool
Sandstone whetstone or polisher, Bronze Age Cypriot, c. 3900 BC–100 AD. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5031.Open Access by the MET

Bronze Age

Sandstone whetstone or polisher

Grinder. H. 2 7/16 x 5/8 in. (6.3 x 1.5 cm)

Classification

Object type
Tool
Material
Stone
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Date
3900 BC - 100 AD

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Accession No.

74.51.5031

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1512, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 630, p. 414, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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