Figurine

54-41-154A

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Kaloriziki

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 54-41-154A
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Kaloriziki
Site Name Kourion
Locus Tomb 44:21
Period Cypro-Archaic I
Date Made 750-600 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Warrior
Description

Complete and mended. Helmet has high crest but no ear flaps. Ears are tabs of clay. Figure quite short and dumpy. Round flat shield. Clay gritty gray-green with fine dark sand. Paint: dark gray and red-brown, partially faded to pink. Ears and nose red, eyebrows, eyes (dotted circles), mouth, beard and fingers black. weapon red. Back brace and base like k1141(F52). Crest red, shield checkerboard with white squares irregularly dotted in red.

Height 13.1 cm
Width 7.8 cm
Depth 5.4 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, 1954
Other Number T2017 - Field No SF | 54-28-123 - Other Number

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