Sculpture of a Priest King
Description: | Sculpture of a Priest King: Head of a statue identified as a Priest King. The man wears an Egyptian style double crown that has a scale pattern in the upper part of it. The lower part closer to the forehead has a winged Uraeus. The man has a beard that resembles Assyrian representations of kings. Both the hair at the forehead and the beard are made of our snail shaped locks . (Overall: 330 mm x 190 mm) - Made of Limestone Culture: Cypro-Archaic II |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 575 - 475 BC |
Collection: | Liverpool Museum |
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References: | Les fonctions sacerdotales des souverains Chypriotes, Hermary Antoine<br/><br/>P… |
Accession Number: | 56.219 |