Basalt whetstone or polisher - image 1

Bronze Age

Basalt whetstone or polisher

Polisher. Other: W.:7/8 x L.:2 7/8 x T.:3/4 in. (2.2 x 7.3 x 1.9 cm)

Date

3900 BC - 100 AD

Accession No.

74.51.5029

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1510, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 629, p. 414, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.