Statue
MS159
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Cyprus | Idalion
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS159 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Cypriot |
| Provenience | Cyprus | Idalion |
| Period | Roman Period (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 1–100 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Human Head |
| Description | Human, probably male head broken off at base of neck. Surface of top and back of head and neck missing. Wreath surrounds head. Closely cropped fringe of hair above forehead and above ears. Broad face with long narrow eyes, straight nose, small mouth, small jutting chin. Thick flat neck. Plastered on lower edge and drilled for setting into modern base. |
| Height | 18 cm |
| Width | 9.6 cm |
| Thickness | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, 1895 |
| Other Number | 260 - Collector Number |
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