Button? Whorl?

Button? Whorl?

Description:

Button? Whorl?: A small ivory disc piece, a button or a whorl with a central hole and a slightly curved body. One side is slightly curved and has engraved decoration of two bands in sets of three of, one running around its edge and the other in the middle of the body. The space between them is reserved. One part of the edge is broken. - Made of Tooth Ivory Culture: Late Cypriot IIB

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1350 - 1250 BC

Collection:

Liverpool Museum

Provenance:

St Andrews University and Liverpool Museums Kouklia Expedition, Previous owner, …

References:

Kouklia. Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Tombs at Palaephaphos 1951-954. Exca…

Accession Number:

56.218.58