Archaic II

"Bearded Male Worshipper Head"

Limestone head from a statue of a bearded male worshipper. He wears a turban-like head-dress made of a cluster of reeds bound together with ribbons and decorated with rosettes. Dimensions: Height: 28 centimetres Object Type: statue

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Motif: Human figure
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 625 - 525 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Idalion, sanctuary of Reshef-Apollo

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Accession No.

1872,0816.10

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

Sanctuary of Apollo (Idalion)

"Bearded Male Worshipper Head"

Classification

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