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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,1201.153
Description: Mycenaean terracotta psi figurine; hand-made; female body with outstretched wing-like arms, head missing; made of fine buff clay decorated with lustrous black painted vertical stripes.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1320BC-1190BC
Production place: Made in: Greece
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Maroni, Tomb 19
Materials
Ware
Type series
Technique: painted; handmade
Dimensions: Height: 7.80 centimetres (max)
Bibliographic references: Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum (A35); Johnson 1980 / Maroni de Chypre (no. 149); SCE IV/1D / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Vol. IV. Part 1D. The Late Cypriot Bronze Age. Other arts and crafts (p.512); Kiely 2011b / Maroni (19.4)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1898,1201.153

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