Fragmentary figurine of a female votary or goddess with uplifted arms

Details

• Title

  Fragmentary figurine of a female votary or goddess with uplifted arms

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus › Famagusta › Salamis › Salamis-Toumba (probable or possible) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Cypro-Archaic Period (c. 750 - c. 475 BC)

• Material and technique

  terracotta

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › votive figure;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  max. pres. 15.6 cm from head to lower part of body (height)
  max. pres. 9.7 cm between preserved arms (width)
  max. 6.4 cm of lower part of body (width)
  max. pres. 2.9 cm from tip of breasts to back (depth)
  max. pres 2.6 cm of neck (depth)
  max.pres 2.7 cm lower part of the body (depth)

  more

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Cyprus Exploration Fund from excavations in 1890.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.C.566

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