Limestone statuette of seated mother, or kourotrophos, with swaddled baby across her lap

Details

• Title

  Limestone statuette of seated mother, or kourotrophos, with swaddled baby across her lap

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus (find spot)

• Date

  Cypro-Archaic II - Cypro-Classical I Period (c. 600 - c. 400 BC)

• Material and technique

  stone (limestone)

• Object type

  sculpture;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  16.5 cm (height)
  9.8 cm (width)
  5.5 cm front to back (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Professor R.G. Collingwood, 1938.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1938.360

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