Grinding stone in the shape of a shallow bowl (mortar)
Date13th century BCE
Periodmid-late Bronze Age
CultureCypriot
MediumVesicular basalt
ClassificationArchaeology
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 30, 1928 ; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1977
On View
Not on viewHeight: 1 1/2 in. (3.75 cm)
Diameter: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm0
Diameter (interior): 5 5/8 in. (14.33 cm)
Base
Diameter: 3 11/16 in. (9.28-9.33 cm)
Rim
Thickness (wall): 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Stone: 5PB 4/1 (dark bluish gray)
Inclusions
n/a
