Late Bronze Age III
Alabaster mortar
Mortars such as this were more often made of steatite or andesite. They would have been used with a pestle for the grinding of pigments, medicines, or spices. Overall: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Date
1200 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5139
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- “From Amathus”
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXII.4, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1631, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 123, pp. 74-75, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 606, p. 409, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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