Terracotta Female Votive Head - image 1

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 (?)