Zeus-Ammon Terracotta Figure
Description: | Upper part of a terracotta figurine or model group in the iconography of Zeus-Ammon (or perhaps Pan) but probably the Great God of Cyprus; hollow, mould-made; beared male with horns, wearing a cape knotted around the chest, over a pleated tunic; cornucopia in his left hand, his right arm down by the side. Made of find buff clay with traces of a white wash over the surface, which is very worn. The nose is brokn away. Dimensions: Height: 7.50 centimetres max Object Type: figure Techniques: mould-made |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 475 - 300 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Salamis (Cyprus) |
Accession Number: | 1891,0806.45 |