Base Ring Ware Figurine
Description: | Terracotta figurine of human with beaked face lying on a rectangular surface with two straps across its lower body, possibly a child in a cradle wrapped in swaddling clothes; Base Ring ware; handmade; cradle consists of parallel strips of clay with perpendicular bar across the foot and two broken uprights at each side of the head; figure likewise made up of parallel strips tapering to the foot; simple incisions at each side of beaked face for eyes; shorter outer strips of figure may represent arms; orange-pink clay with grey core. Dimensions: Length: 8.50 centimetres Object Type: figurine Ware: Base Ring Ware Techniques: moulded; pinched |
Period: | Late Bronze Age II |
Date: | 1450 - 1050 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Episkopi-Bamboula |
Accession Number: | 1896,0201.91 |