
Archaic I
Woman with calf
Woman with calf The statuette belongs to a type, which is known from numerous examples found northwest of Kition.The sacred building there was partially excavated by John L. Myres in 1894.The terracotta and limestone statuettes discovered here are now largely in the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia;The Asmolean Museum, Oxford, has numerous other copies.The sanctuary was probably in the 7th century BCBC built and existed to Hellenistic time. To see is a statuette of a standing human figure that holds a small animal.The gender cannot be determined, but probably female.Cylindrical body made on the pane, which became wider in its lower part, which is only preserved fragmented.The head shaped in a model is right and poorly attached to the body with a cone.The facial features are reproduced exactly, with raised eyelids and eyebrows.Red painting on the whole face.Short hair curls on both sides of the face, hair painted black.Flat back of the head with air hole.Both arms are angled and wear a small, horned animal with balls as eyes that could be a calf.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 (V. Karageghis) H. 22,7 cm
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 700 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- Ashmolean Museum Oxford;From the excavations by John L. Myres 1894;1905 gift
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- Antikensammlung, V 1987, Vienna Museum
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