figure
- Museum number
- 1900,0903.14
- Description
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Fragmentary terracotta female figure wearing turban and bulla and holding animal in left arm, probably a votary; hand-made with applied details; the body is missing below the waist but originally stood on solid columnar base; the right arm is missing, while in her left she holds a large elongated animal with a pointed head, possibly a bird; the digits on the surviving hand are rendered as simple incisions; rounded face with a very prominent chin and nose, red painted lips and eyes fringed in black; on her head is a large turban-like headdress; she also wears elaborate ear-flaps with incised details; around the neck is a double chain or links (or possible sea-shells) supporting a large disc close to the throat; around the neck is another chain, incised, originally supporting a disc pendant between the breasts (partly broken away); made of thick, but fine clay with black and painted decoration.
- Production date
- 600BC-550BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 14.30 centimetres (max)
- Curator's comments
- For an analysis of the iconography and manufacturing techniques of the Lapithos workshops based similar material in the Louvre from the same source, see: A. Caubet and M. Yon, 'Un culte populaire de la Grande Déesse à Lapithos', RDAC 1988/2, pp. 1-17; also A. Caubet, Antiquités de Chypre. Coroplastique, vol. 1 (Paris, 1998), 243ff.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1900,0903.14
