
Archaic II
Terracotta Female Votive Head
Head of a votive terracotta female figure, with a moulded face and a fillet across the forehead. On top of the head are the remains of a wheel-made open pottery lamp, including the tip of the wick-rest and part of the pinched-in rim. Dimensions: Height: 6.90 centimetres; Width: 4.10 centimetres Object Type: lamp; votive figure Techniques: wheel-made; mould-made
Date
600 - 575 BC
Accession No.
1881,0824.120
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Salamis (Cyprus) (?)
- Kition (?)