Bronze Tomb Door Plate

Bronze Tomb Door Plate

Description:

Bronze plate originally covering the upper pivot of a tomb door; cast and hammered; metal corroded.


Dimensions: Diameter: 17.50 centimetres; Height: 9 centimetres


Object Type: plate


Techniques: cast; hammered

Period:

Archaic

Date:

750 - 475 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.171