Limestone votive figure, plank-shaped with a male bearded head

Details

• Title

  Limestone votive figure, plank-shaped with a male bearded head

• Associated place

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

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  limestone

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › votive figure

• Dimensions

  13.6 cm max. (length)
  across head 4.6 cm max. (width)
  forehead to back of head 3.7 cm max. (depth)
  640 g estimated (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Cyprus Exploration Fund, from excavations at Salamis in 1890.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1891.478

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