Cypro-Syllabic Horseman Statuette

Cypro-Syllabic Horseman Statuette

Description:

Limestone statuette of a horseman with a Cypro-Syllabic sign incised above his right knee; carved and painted; features of the horse's elaborate harness and saddlecloth are Assyrian and Syrian in origin.


Dimensions: Height: 43.20 centimetres; Height: 45.72 centimetres


Object Type: statuette


Techniques: incised; carved


Inscription: Inscription type: inscription Inscription language: Greek and Eteocypriot Inscription script: Cypriot Syllabic Inscription note: Greek? and Eteocypriot.


Cypriot Syllabic?

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

590 - 540 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Apollo (Phrangissa)

Accession Number:

1910,0620.17