statuette

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Object Type: statuette
Museum number: 1894,1101.502
Description: Limestone statuette of a horned human-headed figure sitting on a high-backed throne supported by standing rams; the seated figure, probably Baal-Ammon or Zeus-Ammon, is dressed in a long robe extending to the feet, with his hands on the beasts' heads; he has a triangular face and pointed bead (partly broken away) with his lips raised to denote a slight smile; his hair falls on each side to the shoulders; the ram horns are incised to show the curvature; the back of the figurine is unworked; part of the back of the throne and the head of the figure are broken away.
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Archaic II
Production date: 530BC-480BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus (historic), Site E, tomb 258
Materials: limestone
Technique: carved
Dimensions: Height: 13.70 centimetres; Thickness: 4.50 centimetres; Width: 7 centimetres
Curator's comments: See also: V. Karageorghis, Two Cypriote sanctuaries of the end of the Cypro-Archaic period (1977), p. 35; H. Buccholz, 'Der Gott Hammon und Zeus Ammon auf Zypern', AM 106, 109, no. 17; fig. 8b & pl. 13,2. The general type and related cult is also treated by A. Hermary in Amathonte II/2, p. 21.
Bibliographic references: Sculpture / Catalogue of Greek Sculpture in the British Museum (C223); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p. 125, Tomb 258; p. 93 & fig. 145, no. 1); Hermary & Tatton-Brown 1981 / Amathonte II. Testimonia 2. La sculpture découvertes avant 1975 (pp. 20-21, no. 9 & pl. 4); Coenaerts & Samaes 2006 / The ram throne. A true type of Cypriote furniture? (No. 3, pp. 248-249); Buchholz 1991 / Der Gott Hammon und Zeus Ammon auf Zypern (no. 17, p. 109; fig. 8 and pl. 13,2)
Location: On display (G72/dc4)
Subjects: classical deity; mammal
Associated names: Representation of: Baal; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter Ammon
Acquisition name: From: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Funder name: Funded by: Emma Tourner Turner (bequest)
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.502
Conservation: Treatment: 01.04.1987

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