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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,1201.132
Description: Terracotta female figurine; hand-made; she is seated on a chair with two supports; she wears a flat cap and holds her breasts; made of pale buff clay, with applied pellets for eyes and incised details in the pubic region; part of nose and one arm is broken off
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1450BC-1200BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Maroni, Tomb 14
Materials
Technique: applied; incised; handmade
Dimensions: Height: 19.80 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum (A40); Johnson 1980 / Maroni de Chypre (no. 101); SCE IV/1D / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Vol. IV. Part 1D. The Late Cypriot Bronze Age. Other arts and crafts (p. 514, Type II.4); Kiely 2011b / Maroni (14.15)
Location: On display (G72/dc13)
Subjects
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1898,1201.132
Conservation

Free entry