Stone plate, palette, or whetstone
Unknown
4th century BCE? · Stone · Greek and Roman Art
The edges of the bottom are beveled. On the top are two long shallow, polished depressions as if to hold a couple of cylindrical objects. Probably used by a painter to mix his colors. Inscription formerly in several lines, running the length of the flat bottom, but at present all that remains is the end of one line.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 4th century BCE?
- Medium
- Stone
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
