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Gold Astarte Plaque, Archaic I Cypriot statue
Gold Astarte Plaque, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 800–600 BC. British Museum, 1891,0630.3.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Gold Astarte Plaque

Rectangular gold plaque with rounded corners decorated in repoussé with an embossed figure of a nude goddess, perhaps Astarte, wearing bracelets and a fillet (?); on each side is a small pine-cone. The figure is surrounded by a frame of a double row of leaves. In the corner of the plaque is a large hole, possibly the remains of the original perforation. Dimensions: Length: 5.70 centimetres; Weight: 8.81 grammes with backing block ; Width: 3.70 centimetres Object Type: plaque Techniques: repoussé; perforated

Classification

Object type
Relief
Decoration
Repoussé and chased
Motif
Human figure
Material
MetalGold
Findspot
Amathus
Date
800 - 600 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1891,0630.3, British Museum · Museum record

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