Carved Ivory Rosette Lid - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Carved Ivory Rosette Lid

Ivory disc, perhaps the lid of an oval-shaped box; carved and engraved with a rosette surrounded by volutes within a patterned border; the pierced centre may have been for the attachment of a handle. Dimensions: Length: 8.10 millimetres; Thickness: 0.20 centimetres; Width: 7.60 centimetres Object Type: lid Techniques: engraved; pierced; carved

Date

1340 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.1341

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi