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Terracotta two-headed, plank-shaped figurine, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot statue
Terracotta two-headed, plank-shaped figurine, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 2000–1900 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, L.2000.12.4.Open Access by the MET

Middle Bronze Age I

Terracotta two-headed, plank-shaped figurine

A number of these rare two-headed, plank-shaped figurines have been found in Early Bronze Age tombs at Lapithos on the north coast of Cyprus. H. 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Material
Clay
Period
Bronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)Early Cypriot III
Date
2000 - 1900 BC
Findspot
Lapithos

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Provenance

  • From Lapithos, Cyprus From 1935 to present, collection of the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus; 2000-present, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

References

Identifiers

Accession no.
L.2000.12.4, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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