
Archaic II
Terracotta Female Plaque
Terracotta female figure plaque with right arm across chest, held to the breast, left arm against side. Almond shaped eyes and full lips on a round face. Head, chest, right and part of left arm. Typical figure type of a woman with double necklace and pendant worn below a collar at the neck. Long flowing hair or wig (with garment drawn over the hair?) and earrings (?). Cypriot clay pressed into one-piece mould. Buff fabric with sand inclusions. Dimensions: Height: 13.40 centimetres Object Type: figure; plaque Techniques: mould-made
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Decoration
- Moulded
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 620 - 550 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Palaepaphos
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