Limestone torso of Herakles-Melqart

Details

• Title

  Limestone torso of Herakles-Melqart

• Associated place

  Asia › Turkey › Akdeniz Bölgesi (Mediterranean) Region › Hatay Province › Sueidia region › Al Mina (Level IV) (place of excavation)

  Europe › Cyprus (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  Cypro-Archaic II - Cypro-Classical I Period (c. 600 - c. 400 BC)

• Material and technique

  ceramic

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  28 cm (height)
  26 cm (width)
  8 cm (max) (depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1936.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1938.297

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