Late Bronze Age I

Alabaster mortar or deep bowl

The bowl has a flat base, three lugs with an incised line along the top, and a small pouring spout. There are tool marks on the outside. H. 1 15/16 x 5 3/4 in. (4.9 x 14.6 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone vessel
Shape: Bowl
Material: StoneCalcite (alabaster)
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Date: 1605 - 1595 BC

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXII.7, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1632, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 622, pp. 412-13, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.5127, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 1632
Hermary 2013, no. 622

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Alabaster mortar or deep bowl

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