Chlorite mortar or plate - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Chlorite mortar or plate

The bowl is shallow and the lip is nicked. Diam. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)

Date

1200 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5043

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1521, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 616, p. 411, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.