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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
1894,1101.174
Description
Terracotta figure of a standing naked female with her hands on her breasts; made with a one-sided mould (the back is flat); she stands on a low base; the pubis is rendered in paint as a hollow black triangle; a painted chevron between the breasts may be a pendant; also bands and ladder pattern in red and black paint on the body.
Cultures/periods
Cypro-Archaic I
Production date
750BC-600BC
Production place
Made in:
Amathus
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Amathus
, Site E, tomb 83
Materials
terracotta
Technique
painted
mould-made
Dimensions
Height:
17 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum
(A158)
Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus
(p. 119, Tomb 83; pp. 111-112 & fig. 164, no. 1)
Karageorghis Coroplastic VB / The coroplastic art of ancient Cyprus. V. The Cypro-Archaic period small female figurines. B. Figurines moulées
(p. 9, cat. no. 14)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
deity
Acquisition name
From:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Funder name
Funded by:
Emma Tourner Turner
Acquisition date
1894
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1894,1101.174