Limestone statuette torso fragment of a man carrying a sheep or lamb on his shoulder, head an lower body missing

Details

• Title

  Limestone statuette torso fragment of a man carrying a sheep or lamb on his shoulder, head an lower body missing

• Associated place

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

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  limestone

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › votive figure;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  max. 3.1 cm from arms to the back (+the animal votive) (depth)
  max. pres. 6.6 cm from the highest point of the animal to below waist (height)
  max. 6.4 cm across ellbows (width)

• 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.

  AN1891.472

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