Middle Bronze Age II
Terracotta disk
These disks may be among the earliest representations of wheels from Cyprus. diameter 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Date
1900 - 1725 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1213
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 143 b, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 54, pp. 36, 253, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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