Archaic I
Outstretched Female Figurine
Terracotta figurine of a female with outstretched arms (now missing); hollow, wheel-made body; hand-modelled head. Columnar bodiy witha splaying base. Applied diadem and hair, the latter consisting of long twisted locks. Dimensions: Height: 21.50 centimetres Object Type: figure Techniques: applied
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 750 - 500 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
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