Limestone headless female votary with himation pulled over the missing head, votive-statuette

Details

• Title

  Limestone headless female votary with himation pulled over the missing head, votive-statuette

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus › Nicosia › Dali › Idalion (find spot)

  Europe › Cyprus › Nicosia › Dali › Idalion › Dali-Ambelleri (probable) (probable find spot)

• Date

  Hellenistic Period I (Cyprus) (c. 312 - c. 150 BC)
  

• Material and technique

  limestone

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › votive figure

• Dimensions

  preserved 24.8 cm (height)
  max, across elbows 7.9 cm (width)
  max from upper hand to flat back 4.15 cm (depth)
  plinth, depth=thickness 8.5 x 3.85 x 1.7 cm (length x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by the Trustees of the Christy Collection, 1874.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1874.349.a

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