Steatite Plummet, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot tool — Steatite Plummet, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 2000–1650 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1896-1908.C.131 Other IDs: AN1896-1908 C.131 (accession number (old format)).Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Middle Bronze Age I

Steatite Plummet

Steatite Plummet Dimensions: 0.03cm (width)6cm (length) Object Type: instrument > scientific instrument > measure > plumb-bob

Classification

Object type: Tool
Material: StoneSteatite
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Kalopsidha
Date: 2000 - 1650 BC

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Collection

Ashmolean Museum

Provenance

Famagusta, Kalopsida, Kalopsida (tomb 19) (place of excavation)

Identifiers

Accession no.: AN1896-1908.C.131, Ashmolean Museum · Museum record
Accession number (old format): AN1896-1908 C.131, Ashmolean Museum

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