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Head from a votive statue, Archaic II Cypriot
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Head from a votive statue, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–500 BC. Liverpool Museum, 16.5.72.29.© National Museums Liverpool

Archaic II

Head from a votive statue

Head from a votive statue: A male head of a bearded man from a votive statue. The man is wearing a wreath. His hair is arranged in cylindrical locks under the wreath and ending on the edge in knobs with a low row on his forehead. His beard is short and was proably triangular and is also made out of locks of curls. Part of the nose and most of the jaw is broken. The almond shaped eyes and brows are well defined. The man has a faded smile and is typical of the lifesize or smaller devotional statues which would be wearing the chiton and the himation in the Greek manner and found in Cypriot sanctuaries of Apollo at Idalon and Phyla. - Made of Stone Culture: Cypriot

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Material
StoneLimestone
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date
600 - 500 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Accession no.
16.5.72.29, Liverpool Museum

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