Limestone Fluted Beard - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone Fluted Beard

End of a beard of a large-scale limestone statue, probably of a male votary or priest; the beard is worked in alternating broad and narrow flutings ending in spirals. Dimensions: Height: 12 centimetres max Object Type: statue Techniques: carved

Date

600 - 540 BC

Accession No.

2009,5010.5

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Achna (? unlikely)