Ivory Carved Lid

Ivory Carved Lid

Description:

Ivory lid; circular with concavo-convex profile and flattened top and sides; large hole drilled through centre with bevelled edges; two horizontal pierced lug handles; sides decorated with carved horizontal lines framing a band of double wavy lines and encircled dots; part of one edge and one handle missing.


Dimensions: Height: 1.40 centimetres; Length: 6.20 centimetres; Width: 5.70 centimetres


Object Type: lid


Techniques: carved; drilled; pierced

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1340 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1447