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Object Type
Museum number: 1900,0903.3
Description: Upper part of terracotta female figure, probaly a votary or perhaps a deity; solid, hand-made body with moulded face and applied pellet breasts; columnar body preserved only from the waist up; the left arm is held under the breats, the right is by the side; the head is crudely rendered but weras a cap or fillet; buff clay, surface worn.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 600 BC-500 BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Lapithos, Cave sanctuary at a locality called 'Embros Temenon' 0.5km east of Lapithos village (near)
Materials
Technique: applied; handmade; moulded
Dimensions: Height: 9.10 centimetres (max)
Bibliographic references: Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum (A129); Karageorghis Coroplastic VA / The coroplastic art of ancient Cyprus. V. The Cypro-Archaic period small female figurines. A. Handmade/wheelmade figurines (p. 55, cat. no. 3; pl. XXXIV:3); Kiely 2011e / The ancient Kingdom of Lapethos (20)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: devotee/worshipper (?); deity (?)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1900
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1900,0903.3

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