Figurine

54-28-97

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 54-28-97
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Site Name Kourion
Locus Votive Deposit
Date Made ca 500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Description

"wheelmade pot-like figure, gourd shaped, with flattened base...The neck of the pot is made to represent a human face by the addition of pointed chin, pinched nose and pellet mouth...and pellet eats (the left missing), from which lappets depend over the shoulders. Added arms surved across the belly, the forearms lacking, and at the base two conical pellets representing feet. Common clay with much black silt, traces of white ground...Marks on base where cut from wheel with string." Hollow.

Height 10.8 cm
Width 7.4 cm
Depth 7.5 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954
Other Number T1036 - Field No SF | 377 - Other Number

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