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Capital decorated with a palmette motif, crescent on disc

Louvre Museum

Crescent on circle inside a triangle

English Translation:
Capital decorated with a palmette motif surmounted by a tree of life
Limestone
Cypro-archaic I (late 7th century BC)
Cyprus

Original Text:
Chapiteau orné d'un motif de palmette surmonté d'un arbre de vie
Calcaire
Chypro-archaïque I (fin VIIe s. av. J.-C.)
Chypre

Supplementary images:

Crescent on circle inside a triangle
Taken on  Wednesday 06th of September 2017
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Source:  Paris, France
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