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Ladder Pattern Goat Figurine, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Ladder Pattern Goat Figurine, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 700–500 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.195.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Ladder Pattern Goat Figurine

Terracotta goat(?); hand-made; short, low body with a elongated head; the legs are extended forward as if the animal were about to run or leap; made of fairly coarse buff clay, decorated with black and purple paint: ladder pattern on the legs. Dimensions: Height: 6.50 centimetres Object Type: figure Techniques: painted; handmade

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Goat, deer and ibex, Ladder pattern
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
700 - 500 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
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Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1894,1101.195, British Museum · Museum record

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