Terracotta stamped brick fragment

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