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Limestone Female Head, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Limestone Female Head, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–540 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1559.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Limestone Female Head

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

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Decoration
Carved
Motif
Human figure
Material
StoneLimestone
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date
600 - 540 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.1559, British Museum · Museum record

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