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Basalt mortar

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Basalt, Late Bronze Age or Geometric, Cypriot
Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Cesnola Collection Purchased by subscription 1874–76
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Title: Basalt mortar
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Basalt, Late Bronze Age or Geometric, Cypriot.

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