Carved Rosette Ivory Lid

Carved Rosette Ivory Lid

Description:

Ivory box lid; cylindrical with stepped profile; two holes pierced in side; decorated on upper stepped area with a carved rosette with eight petals framed by two concentric circles.


Dimensions: Diameter: 5 centimetres; Height: 0.90 centimetres


Object Type: lid


Techniques: carved; pierced

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1340 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1354