Middle Bronze Age I

Terracotta plank-shaped figurine

A straight sided slab with rounded ends and details in low relief. A turban, now detached, was probably worn on the head, leaving a different coloration on the surface. H. 6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Material: Clay
Period: Bronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)Middle Cypriot I
Date: 1900 - 1800 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Alambra

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from a rock-cut tomb at Alambra

References

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 837, p. 59, pl. XIV.2, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. p. 89, pl. VI, London: John Murray.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. II.5, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 5, p. 1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2002, p. 333, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1976. The Civilization of Prehistoric Cyprus. no. 100, p. 130, Athens: Ekdotike Athenon.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 1977. La grande déesse de Chypre et son culte à travers l'iconographie de l'époque néolithique au VIème s.a.C.. p. 68, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Orphanides, Andreas G. 1983. ""Bronze Age Anthropomorphic Figurines in the Cesnola Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 4, p. 8, pl. III.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1991. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 1. no. Bj.16, p. 88, pl. LI.5, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 1, pp. 20-21, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 3, pp. 17, 252, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations : exhibition catalog p. 138, fig. 4, London: DeArtcom.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.1537, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Doell 1873, no. 837
Myres 1914, no. 2002
Karageorghis 1976, no. 100

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