
Bronze Age
Limestone bowl
The bowl has a flat base. H.1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone vessel
- Shape
- Bowl
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Date
- 3900 BC - 100 AD
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1697, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 569, p. 400, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5177, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1697
- Hermary 2013, no. 569
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