Chlorite Bathtub Model

Chlorite Bathtub Model

Description:

Grey-green chlorite model of a bathtub or coffin; elongated body with slightly incurving sides and curving corners on a flat base; pair of small lugs on each of the long sides of irregular size; the outer sides decorated with incised ladder- and triangle-motifs; series of incised strokes along the flat rim; parallel chisel marks are clearly visible on the inside surface.


Dimensions: Height: 4.60 centimetres; Length: 11.20 centimetres; Width: 4.90 centimetres


Object Type: model


Techniques: carved; polished

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1250 - 950 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

2010,5001.1