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Terracotta Male Figure, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot statue
Terracotta Male Figure, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1450–1100 BC. British Museum, 1896,0201.19.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Terracotta Male Figure

Terracotta male figure, possibly in Base Ring fabric; solid and hand-made; crudely rendered details; right hand raised to mouth, left hand touching erect penis; small pellet testicles; head raised upwards, pointed nose and chin and simple incision for mouth; very short legs with knees just below groin area and widening towards flat rudimentary feet; parallel bands with vertical strokes between in faint black paint around waist, possibly a belt; painted black band on left wrist; orange clay with buff slip, surface burnished or shaved with a knife. Dimensions: Height: 8.20 centimetres Object Type: figure Ware: Base Ring Ware (?) Techniques: moulded; shaved; burnished; applied; painted

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1450 - 1100 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Episkopi-Bamboula

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Episkopi-Bamboula

Identifiers

Accession no.
1896,0201.19, British Museum · Museum record
Report entry
Episkopi-Bamboula, BM Tomb 44, no. (2)Murray et al. 1900, p. 79

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