figurine
- Museum number
- 1900,0903.2
- Description
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Terracotta figurine of a naked woman holding an object (an offering?) to her breast, possibly a votary or goddess; solid, made in a one-part mould, back plain; the woman stands naked with her left arm along the side, and her right hand resting on her abdomen just below the breasts; rounded face with a prominent nose; a line of roughly incised curls run along her forehead with solid, thick tresses falling below the shoulders; the rest of the hair shown in black paint, including on the back of the head; she is richly jewelled: long pendant earrings, a necklace of biconical beads and a pendant around her neck and between her breasts hangs a large disc with a central boss; she also wears ear-flaps; black paint on the wrists may indicate bracelets; made of pink-buff clay with black painted decoration: horizontal stripes along the body, eyes also outlined in black, in addition to the bands on the wrists.
- Production date
- 600BC-500BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 18.50 centimetres
- 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. This example however is a product of the Arsos workshop according to J. Karageorghis.
- Location
- On display (G72/dc3)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2014-2015, 27 Nov-10 May, Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Carthage
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1900,0903.2
