
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 |