Terracotta figurines of a reclining or crouching dog or calf with stumpy tail

Details

• Title

  Terracotta figurines of a reclining or crouching dog or calf with stumpy tail

• Associated place

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

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  terracotta

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  sculpture › figure › votive figure

• Dimensions

  max. 8 cm from tip of nose to tip of tail (length)
  max 4.25 cm forelegs to top of head (height)
  max. 3.3 cm across the hind haunches (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Cyprus Exploration Fund from excavations in Salamis in 1890.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.C.554.a

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