Limestone Female Head, Archaic Cypriot statue — Limestone Female Head, Archaic Cypriot, c. 750–475 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1335.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic

Limestone Female Head

Limestone head from a statue of a female figure with her hair arranged in a smooth klaft and probably wearing a veil; surface worn and carved features indistinct. Dimensions: Height: 7.80 centimetres max ; Thickness: 5.30 centimetres; Width: 5.90 centimetres max Object Type: figure Techniques: carved

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Decoration: Carved
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 750 - 475 BC
Findspot: Enkomi

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Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.: 1897,0401.1335, British Museum · Museum record

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British Museum, 1897,0401.1335 (“figure”)
From Enkomi, BM Tomb 16

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