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Horned Ram Figurine, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Horned Ram Figurine, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–400 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.88.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Horned Ram Figurine

Terracotta figurine of a bearded man with horns, reclining on the back of an oversized ram, possibly a depiction of Zeus Ammon or Baal Hammon; hand-made with applied and tooled details on the beard; the man faces outwards with his extended right hand holding a small dish or phiale; he holds two branch-like items along his left arm; the ram has a long face with concave sides, similar to contemporary horse figurines; applied eyes and large curled horns; his tail hangs along the back right leg; made of fairly coarse buff clay; white surface accretions on the animal and the god. Dimensions: Height: 12.90 centimetres; Length: 11.50 centimetres Object Type: figure Techniques: handmade

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
600 - 400 BC
Findspot
Salamis

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Salamis (Cyprus)

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.88, British Museum · Museum record

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