
Late Bronze Age II
Basalt mortar
The mortar has three short legs. H. 2 1/2; Diam. 5 3/4 in. (6.4 x 14.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Tool
- Material
- StoneAndesite and diabase
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Date
- 1600 - 700 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1536, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 611, p. 409, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5052, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1536
- Hermary 2013, no. 611
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