Basalt mortar or plate - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Basalt mortar or plate

The plate has a ring foot and a low, in-curving rim. H. 1 3/8; Diam. 8 1/4 in. (3.5 x 21 cm)

Date

1600 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5049

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1529, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 619, p. 411, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.