Limestone Female Head

Limestone Female Head

Description:

Limestone head from a statue of a female figure wearing a turban; carved detail of earcaps, double spiral ear-rings and a double necklace of biconical beads; part of turban missing and face damaged.


Dimensions: Height: 15.90 centimetres max ; Thickness: 9.60 centimetres max ; Width: 12.60 centimetres max


Object Type: statue


Techniques: carved

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 540 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1559