Fragment of large terracotta votive figure, cuirass or garment with star-pattern

Details

• Title

  Fragment of large terracotta votive figure, cuirass or garment with star-pattern

• Associated place

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

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  ceramic

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  max. 8.5 cm from the pointed end at the side of scales to the opposite end (length)
  max.pres. 10.9 cm (width)
  max.pres. 8.9 cm (length)
  max. 10.2 cm from pointed end with red colour to the opposite side (width)

• 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.

  AN1891.465

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