Terracotta Assyrian Figure

Terracotta Assyrian Figure

Description:

Cypriot terracotta figure of robed man with beard and headdress. Flat mould-made ‘Asiatic’, or ‘Assyrian’ type. Pressed into one-piece mould. Robe, face and headdress painted red, beard and details painted black. Pale buff/grey fabric with fine black and white inclusions.


Dimensions: Height: 9.50 centimetres; Thickness: 3.50 centimetres; Width: 7.40 centimetres


Object Type: figure; plaque


Techniques: mould-made; painted


Condition: fair (incomplete -head and shoulders only)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

620 - 550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Temple of Aphrodite (Naukratis)

Accession Number:

EA50126