Marble
H: 4.5 cm
Allegedly from the Cyclades
Early Cycladic
3200-2100 B.C.
Condition: slight weathering and partially incrusted with ochre limestone deposits.
The purpose of this object is not known.
Pierced with a hole 4 mm in diameter and 9.5 mm deep1, it might have served as a knob or finial.
Exhibited and Published:
Kunst der Kykladen, cat. no. 473, pp. 542, 374 ill.
1 At present used for the mounting.
