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Bronze coin of Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra VII (reigned 51-30 BC) was the last ruler of the P…
Bronze bowl handles

These handles would have been riveted onto the upper sides o…
Bronze wheeled vessel stand

This is one of the very few virtually complete Cypriot vesse…
Red Polished Ware figurine cradling a child

Though schematised, the figurine is clearly intended to be f…
Red Polished Ware vessel

This vessel has four small bowls with a central tall handle.…
Silver stater of Evagoras

The production and use of silver coins spread outwards from …
Bronze stand with openwork decoration

The 'women at the window' theme was popular in Phoenician iv…
Marble portrait head from a statue of a Julio-Claudian prince

The marble of this piece has a slightly greyish tinge. It re…
Silver tetradrachm of Demetrius Poliorcetes

In 306 BC the joint rulers of Macedonia, Antigonus Monophtha…
Black-on-Red ware flask in the form of an ox

Black-on-Red ware was introduced to Cyprus from Phoenicia (m…
Copper ingot in the shape of an oxhide

'Cyprus is second to none of the islands of the Mediterranea…
Decorated pottery vase

The potters of Amathus produced vases decorated in a particu…
Double juglet of Base Ring ware

Base Ring ware takes its name from the ring-shaped bases app…
Faience vessel decorated with a depiction of the god Heh

This faience vase has been made in the form of a closed lotu…
Glass vessel in the form of a pomegranate

This pomegranate vessel is one of several found on the islan…
Gold diadem with embossed decoration

This highly decorated funerary diadem was found on the skull…
Gold dress pin

Gold became common in Cyprus the Late Bronze Age (1650-1050 …
Gold-plated bracelets with rams' head terminals

These bracelets, made of gold-plate, were probably made loca…
Gold-plated bronze pin

The inscription reads: 'To the Paphian Aphrodite Eubola vowe…
Gold-plated spirals, probably earrings

These spirals of gold-plated bronze terminate in horned grif…
Green plasma sealstone, attributed to the 'Semon Master'

The archer exerts a great force to draw his bow, with his wh…
Ivory cosmetic box

Ivory cosmetic boxes from the Late Bronze Age (about 1650-10…
Ivory disc engraved with a bull

The small number of ivories from the Late Bronze Age town of…
Ivory game box

Ivory carving flourished in Cyprus in the twelfth century BC…
Ivory mirror handle

This beautifully carved and decorated handle must originally…
Lidded jar decorated with sphinxes, goats and floral motifs

This lidded jar is decorated with designs in red and black. …
Limestone figure of a 'temple boy'

Statuettes like this, of a crouching child, were regularly d…
Limestone statue of a bearded worshipper

Cypriot sculptors in the Iron Age worked either in terracott…
Limestone statue of a female worshipper playing a lyre

The female worshipper wears a chiton girded just below her b…
Painted limestone stele showing a boy with a pigeon

The boy stands in three-quarter view to the left, his right …
Pictorial Style vase decorated with sphinxes and griffins

Mycenaean 'Pictorial Style' vases were produced between abou…
Pottery stemmed bowl decorated with a procession of riders in chariots

This vase is a fine example of Mycenaean Pictorial Style pot…
Red Polished Ware bowl

Red Polished Ware was the dominant pottery of the Early and …
Silver bowl

This hemispherical silver bowl with a rounded base is made f…
Terracotta figurine of a woman with a child

Many female figurines of this type have been found throughou…
Terracotta figurine of the Egyptian god Bes

The Egyptian dwarf god Bes makes his first appearance in Cyp…
Terracotta model of a merchant ship

Being an island, shipping was essential for the Cypriots. Th…
Terracotta tablet with Cypro-Syllabic inscription

This well-fired clay tablet has holes at the top of one side…
Two gold fibulae (brooches)

These gold fibulae (brooches) are of the so-called D-shaped …
Upper part of a colossal limestone statue of a bearded man

In 526/5 BC Cyprus suffered the same fate as the East Greek …
Vase decorated with bulls and birds

This vase is a fine example of Mycenaean Pictorial Style pot…
Bronze shield-boss

This shield boss was discovered in a tomb at Amathus in 1875…
Silver bowl with scenes in relief

This fragmentary silver bowl was discovered in a tomb at the…
Silver censer from the first Cyprus treasure

This censer, together with a bowl , a paten, and twenty-four…
Silver spoon from the first Cyprus treasure

This spoon formed part of the first hoard of silver found at…
Limestone head of a bearded worshipper

A large number of limestone statuettes dating to about 610-5…
Black-figured amphora decorated with a winged Nike

This pottery vessel is typically Cypriot in shape. What it h…
Bronze head of Apollo: the 'Chatsworth Head'

This impressive bronze head is from a slightly over life-siz…
Faience dish decorated with a scene of the River Nile

This attractive dish of pale blue faience shows a man wearin…
Faience vase in the form of a duck

This plump little duck, made from pale blue faience, may hav…
Glass cup

This fine cup was found in Tomb 114 at Kourion in Cyprus and…
Glass cup signed by Ennion

The cup was blown in a decorated mould that produced flutes …
Gold sheet restored to form a bowl

This gold sheet was originally thought to be a gold mask. Ho…
Large globular flask

This flask was found in a tomb, where it was presumably buri…
Pottery stirrup jar

Stirrup jars are named after the stirrup shape that the hand…
Terracotta chariot group

This terracotta group is of a pair of horses pulling a chari…
Gold ring showing the Temple of Aphrodite at Palaepaphos

The design shows a semi-circular courtyard before the façade…
Limestone statuette of a hunter

The Greek trading colony at Naukratis was founded early in t…
Painted terracotta head from a statue of a worshipper

This head is in true Cypriot style with an Assyrian type bea…
Torso of a statue of a nude kouros (youth)

This marble torso was found in the dromos (entrance passage)…
Silver bowl from the first Cyprus treasure

This bowl, together with a paten, hexagonal censer and twent…
Silver cup

This type of straight-sided cup with a single spool-shaped h…
Terracotta figure of a woman in Greek dress

This terracotta belongs to the time when Cyprus was part of …

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