Fragment the front of the torse of large male terracotta votive figure, showing a cuirass and a diagonal swordband

Details

• Title

  Fragment the front of the torse of large male terracotta votive figure, showing a cuirass and a diagonal swordband

• 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 › votive figure

• Dimensions

  from top of painted surface to tabletop 5.2 cm curvature (depth)
  max. 42.8 cm from top of swordband to bottom of tassles (height)
  max. 44 cm across chest without curvature (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Cyprus Exploration Fund, from excavations in Salamis in 1891.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1909.838

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