Carved Ivory Rosette Lid

Carved Ivory Rosette Lid

Description:

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

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1340 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1341