Limestone torso of male votary, votive figure

Details

• Title

  Limestone torso of male votary, votive figure

• Associated place

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

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  limestone

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › votive figure;

  sculpture › figure › statue › statuette

• Dimensions

  max.pres. 21.5 cm (height)
  max. 9.9 cm across lower part of body (width)
  max. 3.8 cm from centre of upper body to back (depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

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

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.C.602

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