Figurine

54-28-104

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 54-28-104
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Site Name Kourion
Locus Archaic Precinct Fill
Date Made ca 8th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Animal
Description

Bull: right foreleg. Hollow, wheelmade. Snake twining up outer side of leg. "On front, down either side, two black bands enclosing panel of alternating triangles outlined in black, those to the left filled with black crosshatching., to the right with solid red; on snake, red and black speckles; black on hoof, behind the snake, long splashes of black and red from aboce, and down inner front of leg a red band)." :Decorated with patterns precisely like those of Bichrome III pottery and therefore must be at least as early as the 8th century."

Height 13.4 cm
Width 6.3 cm
Depth 6 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954
Other Number T1397 - Field No SF | 846 - Other Number

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