mask
- Museum number
- 1894,1101.202
- Description
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Fragment of a terracotta mask in the form of a horned bearded young male; mould-made with applied details, with the horns being added before firing; perforated for suspension above the surviving ear; a double row of curls in low relief marks the forehead, with the sideburns and beard (now missing) originally rendered in a similar manner; the surviving portion is repaired from fragments; made of fine buff-red clay.
- Production date
- 600BC-500BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 11.50 centimetres (surviving)
- Curator's comments
- Figure 164, no. 4 in Excavations in Cyprus shows a more complete fragment, including the right hand side of the face and what appears to be slightly more of the head. See also: A. Hermary, 'Figurines en terre cuite des fouilles anglaises d'Amathonte (1893-1894)', CCEC 26 (1996/2), pl. VI,3; V. Karageorghis, 'Notes on some terracotta masks from Amathus now in the British Museum', Rivista di Studi Fenici XVIII (1990), pl. III:1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1894
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1894,1101.202