Votive figurine of a female votary carrying her child

Details

• Title

  Votive figurine of a female votary carrying her child

• 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

  23.3 cm (height)
  10 cm across arms (width)
  5.2 cm of preserved body (diameter)
  7.5 cm of base (diameter)
  6.9 cm from hands of child to back (depth)

• 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.318

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