Beard fragment from the head of colossal votary terracotta figure

Details

• Title

  Beard fragment from the head of colossal votary terracotta figure

• Associated place

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

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  terracotta

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  sculpture › figure › votive figure;

  sculpture › figure › statue

• Dimensions

  2.7 cm (height)
  4.8 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by J.A.R. Munro, 1930, from his excavations for the Cyprus Exploration Fund in Salamis in 1890.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1930.392

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