Female tambourine player figurine with Phoenician lamp on the head, lamp-stand

Details

• Title

  Female tambourine player figurine with Phoenician lamp on the head, lamp-stand

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus › Larnaca › Larnaka › Kition › Larnaka-Kamelarga (place of excavation)

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  ceramic

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  23.5 cm restored (height)
  14.5 cm preserved (height)
  7.3 cm across arms (width)
  4.5 cm of restored body (diameter)
  6.7 cm of base (diameter)
  7.5 cm from tambourine to back (depth)
  6.3 cm of lamp (depth)

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• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Cyprus Exploration Fund from excavations by John Linton Myres in 1894.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 18 | Ancient Cyprus

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.C.301

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