Over life-size bearded head from a male figure, Archaic II Cypriot statue — Over life-size bearded head from a male figure, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 500–450 BC. Ontario Museum, 958.61.144.© Ontario Museum

Archaic II

Over life-size bearded head from a male figure

Limestone with traces of red, and brown-yellow pigments 29.3 cm

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Decoration: Painted
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: probablyIron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 500 - 450 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Pera-Frangissa

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Provenance

Excavated at the temple of Apollo at the site of Tamassos-Frangissa, Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.: 958.61.144, Ontario Museum

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