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Late Cypriot female figurine with bird-face nursing a child, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot statue

Late Bronze Age II

Late Cypriot female figurine with bird-face nursing a child

Late Cypriot female figurine with bird-face nursing a child Dimensions: 14.5cm (height) Reference URL: https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/304652 Object Type: sculpture > figure > figurine

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Material
Clay
Period
Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1550 - 1200 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Deneia-Kafkalla

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Accession No.

AN1953.244

Provenance

  • Nicosia, Denia, Denia-Kafkalla (tomb in a larger cemetery) (find spot)

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