Object Image

Basalt mortar or plate

Unknown Artist

The small plate has a ring foot and a slightly in-curving rim.

Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

c. 1600-1050 B.C.

Basalt

2.2 x 13.3 cm

74.51.5045

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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