Figurine

54-28-112

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 54-28-112
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Site Name Kourion
Locus Archaic Precinct Fill
Date Made 700–600 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Description

Unmoulded, solid. "Standing female figure. Missing: forearms nose, right toes, parts of strap and object held by it. Added features, including ears and mouth, browns slightly modelled. Long added mass of hair reaching below shoulders behind. Added pointed breasts. Short, thigh-length tenic, necklace with plain pendant and broad fringed strap over left shoulder, diagonally across body and under right arm; over this, on left shoulder, a thong which held missing object under left arm (bow & quiver?). Legs modelled separately from knees down; six toes roughly indicated by incision. Clay not unlike local, but fired to pinkish buff on surface, bright orange within."

Height 20.4 cm
Width 7.3 cm
Depth 3.8 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954
Other Number T1523 - Field No SF | 775 - Other Number

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