Terracotta stamped brick fragment
Description: | The stamp comprises concentric circles and lunettes decorated with floral sprays, surrounded by a circle containing an inscription in raised Greek letters, of which only ΑΝ[...]ΟΣ survives. H.: 2 1/2 x 3 x 5/8 in. (6.4 x 7.6 x 1.6 cm) |
Period: | Bronze Age |
Date: | 3900 BC - 100 AD |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Said to be from Cyprus |
References: | Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1982, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2427 |