Limestone Female Head

Limestone Female Head

Description:

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

Period:

Archaic

Date:

750 - 475 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1335