statue
- Museum number
- 1917,0701.171
- Description
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Upper part of a limestone statue of a female in Greek dress playing a lyre, probably a worshipper or a priestess. She wears a chiton girded just below her breast, and a himation draped around her lower body and up over her head. Her hair is combed into segments and put up in a bun at the back in the classical 'melon' coiffure style. Her features resemble those of Berenice I (though is not necessarily a portrait of the Ptolemaic queen).
- Production date
- 300BC-250BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 55.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See also discussion in Connelly 1991 (statue illustrated on pl. XXIe).
Bibliography:
Connelly J. 1991, 'Continuity and change: The Cypriote votive tradition and the Hellenistic koine' in F. Vandenabeele and R. Laffineur (eds.), Cypriote terracottas. Proceedings of the First International Conference of Cypriote Studies (Brussels-Liège).
- Location
- On display (G72/dc12)
- Acquisition date
- 1872-1873
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1917,0701.171
