Carved Ivory Box Lid - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Carved Ivory Box Lid

Ivory box lid; circular, stepped to a smaller base; two opposing sets of three holes drilled into the side; decorated with a carved rosette with eight petals and a drilled hole in the centre, surrounded by concentric bands of double semicircles and dots, vertical curves, and single semicircles and dots; one edge damaged. Dimensions: Diameter: 3.90 centimetres; Height: 0.80 centimetres Object Type: box Techniques: carved; drilled

Date

1340 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.853

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi