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Limestone Column Capital, Archaic Cypriot
Limestone Column Capital, Archaic Cypriot, c. 750–400 BC. British Museum, 1890,0731.4.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic

Limestone Column Capital

Limestone capital from a column, perhaps part of a funeral or votive stele; narrow circular base decorated with mouldings (a flat fillet separating two rounded mouldings above and below, separated by a carinated band: the upper fillet has an incised zig-zag); the stele splays outwards as it rises: two rows of superimposed acanthus leaves, the outer row has rounded tips, the inner row with angular tips; the stele is topped with another set of mouldings, repeating the round and flat patter as on the base; socket in the lower end presumably for attachment to a pillar; traces of red and black paint revealed during cleaning. Dimensions: Diameter: 29 centimetres abacus ; Height: 54 centimetres Object Type: capital; stela Techniques: incised

Classification

Object type
Architectural element
Decoration
Incised
Motif
Zigzags and chevrons
Material
StoneLimestone
Findspot
Marion
Date
750 - 400 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Marion-Arsinoe

Identifiers

Accession no.
1890,0731.4, British Museum · Museum record

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