Late Bronze Age II
Ivory pinhead
The finial, in the shape of a pomegranate, formed the head of a pin, the exact purpose of which is unknown. Similar objects have been found in the Levant and Egypt. H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Date
1450 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5209
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
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. CXVI, 8, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 5951, 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. 110, p. 69, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.