Limestone seated mother with child on her lap (Kourotrophos), votive statuette

Details

• Title

  Limestone seated mother with child on her lap (Kourotrophos), votive statuette

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus › Famagusta › Achna (probable) (probable find spot)

• Date

  Cypro-Classical Period - Hellenistic Period (Cyprus) (c. 480 - c. 58 BC)

• Material and technique

  limestone, white, local and red paint

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  21.1 cm (height)
  12.5 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented possibly by C. D. Cobham in the early 1890s.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 18 | Ancient Cyprus

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.C.276

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