Late Bronze Age II
Basalt mortar or plate
The lip of the vessel indicates that it had a lid. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 1 15/16 in., 3.5 lb., 8 in. (4.9 cm, 1.6 kg, 20.3 cm)
Date
1600 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5054
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1530, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 618, p. 411, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bombardieri, Luca. 2017. "A Possible Cypriot Origin for an Assyrian Stone Mixing Bowl in the Cesnola Collection." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 52: pp. 24-31.