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Terracotta Female Votive Head, Archaic II Cypriot tool
Terracotta Female Votive Head, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–575 BC. British Museum, 1881,0824.120.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Decoration
Moulded
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
600 - 575 BC
Findspot
Salamis

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Salamis (Cyprus) (?)
  • Kition (?)

Identifiers

Accession no.
1881,0824.120, British Museum · Museum record

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