Limestone Goddess Statuette

Limestone Goddess Statuette

Description:

Lower part of a limestone statuette of a female (?) wearing a long pleated tunic, possibly an image of the Great Goddess of Cyprus/Artemis holding a torch (see GR 1883,1-3.140); the statuette sits on a low base.


Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres max


Object Type: statuette


Techniques: carved

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

400 - 200 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Achna

Accession Number:

2009,5010.23