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Bronze Lamp-stand Top, Archaic I Cypriot
Bronze Lamp-stand Top, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 700–600 BC. British Museum, 1876,0909.113.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Bronze Lamp-stand Top

Upper part of the top of a bronze lamp-stand: inverted calyx with a disc above, from which rise three elongated leaves joined by a ring. The stem within the calyx is broken; it may have fitted directly onto the octagonal stem of the lower part, or there may have been an additional calyx. Dimensions: Height: 14.80 centimetres; Width: 13.60 centimetres Object Type: lamp-stand Techniques: cast

Classification

Object type
Metal vessel
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsTripod and stand
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
700 - 600 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1876,0909.113, British Museum · Museum record

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