Archaic I

Buff Terracotta Quadruped

Part of a terracotta quadruped; hand-made; head and three legs lost. Made of buff clay with red and black paint on surviving hind leg. Dimensions: Length: 8.20 centimetres max Object Type: figure Techniques: painted; handmade

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Decoration: Painted
Material: Clay
Period: probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 750 - 500 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.: 1969,0401.122, British Museum · Museum record

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British Museum, 1969,0401.122 (“figure”)
From Amathus, BM Tomb 183

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Buff Terracotta Quadruped

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