Terracotta Toy Figurine, Archaic II Cypriot statue — Terracotta Toy Figurine, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–500 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.571.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Terracotta Toy Figurine

Painted terracotta figurine of an anteater or a boar/pig, perhaps a toy; hand-made; solid body with small rectangular legs; very long face and snout with small ears; made of buff gritty clay. Dimensions: Height: 4.80 centimetres; Length: 10.20 centimetres Object Type: figure; toy Techniques: painted; handmade

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Decoration: Painted
Material: Clay
Period: probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 600 - 500 BC
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Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.: 1894,1101.571, British Museum · Museum record

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British Museum, 1894,1101.571 (“figure; toy (?)”)
From Amathus, BM Tomb 297

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