
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)
Classification
- Object type
- Tool
- Material
- StoneAndesite and diabase
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Date
- 3900 BC - 100 AD
Collection
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.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5029, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1510
- Hermary 2013, no. 629
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