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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
1873,0320.41
Description
Head of limestone figure wearing sphendone decorated with rosettes.
Production date
550BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Robert Hamilton Lang
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Idalion
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
16.50 centimetres
(max)
Curator's comments
See Senff 1993 for further details and an overview of the site and the finds (with previous references). See also Tatton-Brown 2002. Bibliography: Tatton-Brown, V. 2012, 'The kingdom of Idalion. Lang's excavations in the British Museum', CCEC 21 (Hommage à Marguerite Yon), 243-56.
Bibliographic references
Sculpture / Catalogue of Greek Sculpture in the British Museum
(C3)
Senff 1993 / Das Apolloheiligtum von Idalion. Architektur und Statuenausstattung eines zyprischen Heiligtums.
(pp. 46-7, 82 and pl. 31a-c)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Sir Robert Hamilton Lang
Acquisition date
1873
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1873,0320.41
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1917,0701.229