Limestone inscribed box fragment
Description: | Fragment of a stone box (ex-voto) with Cypro-Syllabic inscription, dedicated to the Lady of Paphos. Overall: 2 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/4 in. (7.3 x 9.5 x 1.9 cm) |
Period: | Bronze Age |
Date: | 3900 BC - 100 AD |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Said to be from Khytroi, 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. CXXIV, 9, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1834, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2343 |