Document 34 CDF art. 168-1, Contribution to Enkomi I, Text, Preliminary Report on the Cyprus Department of Antiquities excavations at Enkomi, The Bronze Statue of a Horned God, annotated and commented by Schaeffer, scan 415 (1949)

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rendering of the body (1).

The first parallel which comes to mind is the representation of the warrior combatting a griffin on one of the Enkomi ivory handles (2). The stylistic features of the two figures are remarkably similar a fact which is all the more interesting since, as we shall see, the two figures are contemporary. The detailed comparison of the various features in the two figures shows close similarity; the profile, (3) the nudity of the chest with indication of ribs, the loin-cloth held by a girdle, the legs and the feet are all details which show that the craftsmen who / wrought

(1) The statue was cast solid. The surface shows in various parts small holes possibly due to the penetration of air at the time of casting. Following the casting the surface received no further treatment and thus remained somewhat rough. Soon after the statue was unearthed the surface showed bronze disease which spread rapidly, but was later stopped thanks to treatment carried out in the Cyprus Museum workshops.

(2) Murray and others, Excavations in Cyprus, Pl.II, 872 A. The same warrior appears also on a fragment of an ivory base also from Enkomi; No.883 on the same plate.

(3) Sir A.Evans thinks that the ribs of the warrior on the ivory handle are marked on body armour (P. of M. IV, 804).

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