Serpentinite pendant - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Serpentinite pendant

The pendant is not perforated, but furnished with a small knob at the upper end around which a thread could be tied. H. 1 1/16 (2.7 cm); Diam. 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)

Date

1600 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5012

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1546, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 579, p. 403, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.