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Cypriot limestone head, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Cypriot limestone head, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 715–332 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1886.454.Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Archaic II

Cypriot limestone head

Cypriot limestone head Dimensions: 4.1cm (height) Object Type: sculpture

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Material
StoneLimestone
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
715 - 332 BC

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Provenance

  • Africa, Egypt, Beheira governorate, Kawm Juayf (find spot)

Identifiers

Accession no.
AN1886.454, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology · Museum record

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