
Early Bronze Age I
Tweezers
Other: 2 13/16in. (7.1cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Toilet object
- Date
- 3200 - 2000 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4662, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 880, p. 301, New York: Gilliss Press.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5433, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4662
- Richter 1915, no. 880
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