Bronze razor - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

Bronze razor

Leaf-shaped blade with tang, without rivet holes. length 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

Date

1800 - 1725 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5297

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4612, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1371, p. 385, New York: Gilliss Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 89, pp. 56-57, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.