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Limestone Rosette Statuette, Archaic II Cypriot
Limestone Rosette Statuette, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 500–475 BC. British Museum, 1880,0710.113.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Limestone Rosette Statuette

Head of limestone female statuette wearing diadem of rosettes and ear-caps with rosette discs; originally a standing figure facing forward, with an oval face; oval asymmetrical eyes, nose mostly broken away, mouth with slightly raised lips suggesting a smile; on the front of the head, the coiffure is arranged in parallel strands, held in by a flat diadem decorated with seven wheel-like rosettes around the head, but behind the hair falls to the neck; she wears rosette earrings and ear covers; the stone has a greenish brown patina. Dimensions: Height: 11 centimetres max ; Thickness: 9 centimetres; Width: 6.50 centimetres Object Type: statuette Techniques: carved

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Material
StoneLimestone
Findspot
Amathus
Date
500 - 475 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1880,0710.113, British Museum · Museum record

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