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Object Type
Museum number: 1894,1101.569
Description: Terracotta figurine, probably female, of a votary, made in the 'snowman' technique; wheel-made or turned with applied details; solid cylindrical body splaying at the base; the protruding belly and parallel curving ridges below may suggest a pregnant female wearing a long garment with an overfold, though no other details of clothing are shown; the breasts are applied pellets; the long arms are stretched along the body; the figure wears double earrings (or ear-caps?), a loose necklace with a circular ornament on the chest, and a conical cap decorated with a crescent, a disc and circular ornaments; made of buff clay decorated with red and black paint: red bands on the arms, eyes rendered in black.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 600BC-450BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Amathus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus, Site E, tomb 263
Materials
Technique: wheel-made (?); handmade; painted
Dimensions: Height: 15.30 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum (A163); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p. 125, Tomb 263); Karageorghis Coroplastic VA / The coroplastic art of ancient Cyprus. V. The Cypro-Archaic period small female figurines. A. Handmade/wheelmade figurines (pp. 23-24 & pl. XIV:9)
Location: On display (G72/dc6)
Subjects: devotee/worshipper (?); deity (?)
Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.569
Conservation

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