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Head from a fragmentary votive figure, Cypriot statue
Head from a fragmentary votive figure, Cypriot, c. 7–7 BC. Ontario Museum, 958.61.117.© Ontario Museum

Head from a fragmentary votive figure

Earthenware, hollow, mould-made, with black and red slip paint 0.123 x 0.085 x 0.086 x 0.096 m

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Decoration
PaintedPainted in two colours
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
7 - 7 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Pera-Frangissa

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Collection

Ontario Museum

Provenance

  • Excavated from the sanctuary of Apollo at Tamassos-Frangissa, Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
958.61.117, Ontario Museum

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