Cyprus Medieval Museum: Mortar (MM413, 1940/I-17/1 MMRR 34)
Format
JPEG
Start date
400
End date
499
Historical period
Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description
Curved handle of a mortar (?). Damaged nose and right side. Two big eyes, big mouth with a smile. Long hair rendered by grooved lines behind the left ear. Damaged right and back sides. Carved handle of mortar in shape of a human face. Hair rendered in the chip-carving style. Almond shaped eyes with pronounced eye balls of similar shape. Lips joined.
Provenance: Lefkonos street, Nicosia
Language
zxx
Physical type
Medium
Size
Height: 15.3 cm; Length: 13 cm
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