Torso of a fragmentary terracotta votary figure wearing a pendant (seal in claw setting)

Details

• Title

  Torso of a fragmentary terracotta votary figure wearing a pendant (seal in claw setting)

• Associated place

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

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  ceramic

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  sculpture › figure › votive figure

• Dimensions

  max.pres. 7.4 cm below shoulders (width)
  max.pres. 6.3 cm from neck to lowest point of torso (height)
  max. pres. 3.5 cm from necklace to back of chest (depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Cyprus Exploration Fund, from excavations in Salamis in 1890.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1891.474

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