Ivory Hinge-Framed Carving

Ivory Hinge-Framed Carving

Description:

Ivory hinge-piece; right-hand object in photograph; rectangular, widening towards rounded top with a circular depression drilled into the left-hand side; three holes drilled in a vertical line along the centre of the hinge; carved decoration of a double-framed vertical band of arcs; one of a pair with 1897,0401.1378.


Dimensions: Length: 6 centimetres; Thickness: 0.90 centimetres; Width: 0.90 centimetres


Object Type: hinge


Techniques: carved; drilled

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1340 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1377