Votive figurine of a male votary with his sword (fragmentary) and a shield under his left arm

Details

• Title

  Votive figurine of a male votary with his sword (fragmentary) and a shield under his left arm

• Associated place

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

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  ceramic

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  24.3 cm preserved (height)
  25 cm restored (height)
  8.7 cm across arms (width)
  7.3 cm of base (diameter)
  4.7 cm max of body (diameter)
  7.3 cm max from hands to back of the shield (depth)

  more

• 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.326

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