Late Bronze Age III
Ivory Mirror Handle
Ivory mirror handle; comprising a square panel with rounded lower corners and a rectangular profiled handle, tapering slightly towards the base; there is an elongated slot in the top, with two smaller holes either side, and a hole drilled through the short section near the top of the square panel for the attachment of a bronze mirror disc (now missing); carved decoration on both faces; one side depicts a lion attacking a bull, the other depicts a warrior slaying a griffin; the handle is carved with vertical lines and rows of ovals, with a horizontal hatched band at the top. Dimensions: Height: 20.20 centimetres; Thickness: 2.20 centimetres; Width: 8.70 centimetres Object Type: mirror Techniques: carved; drilled
Classification
- Object type
- Toilet object
- Decoration
- Carved
- Material
- Organic materialsIvory
- Period
- probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
- Date
- 1250 - 1050 BC
- Findspot
- Enkomi
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