Drab Polished Female Figure, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot statue — Drab Polished Female Figure, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 2100–1800 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.170.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Early Bronze Age III

Drab Polished Female Figure

Terracotta female plank figure in Drab Polished ware; flat oblong body with schematic facial features (pinched nose and ears, grooves for eyes); rudimentary arms held under small pellet breasts; incised decoration on forehead, neck and below the breasts, possibly indicating jewellery or tattoos; red-brown clay with very worn surface, surface worn and right ear lost. Dimensions: Height: 16.50 centimetres Object Type: figure Ware: Red Polished Ware (Drab Polished) Techniques: incised

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Ware: Drab Polished ware
Decoration: Incised
Material: Clay
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Date: 2100 - 1800 BC

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Accession No.

1884,1210.170

Collection

Provenance

Phoenikiais

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