Basalt mortar - image 1

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)

Date

1600 - 700 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5052

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.