Snake
Also called serpent
- Objects
- 45
In the Compendium
Snakes
The snake as a decorative and figural motif in Cyprus, from relief bands on Early Bronze Age Red Polished pottery to Archaic terracottas and Classical limestone.
Across the catalogue
Object types
Wares
Decoration techniques
Periods
Places of production
- Cyprus31
Collections
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art21
- The British Museum Collection17
- The Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville2
- Alexis Drakopoulos1
- Cyprus Museum, Nicosia1
- Larnaca Museum1
- Pierides Museum, Larnaca1
- The Ashmolean Museum1
Objects
45 objects
Animalistic Bowl
Late Bronze Age III
Base Ring Juglet
Late Bronze Age I
Base Ring Juglet
Late Bronze Age I
Base Ring Snake Juglet
Late Bronze Age I
Base Ring Ware Jug
Late Bronze Age I
Bichrome Figural Vase
Archaic I
Bronze jug
Archaic II
Cylinder seal, ingot, bucranium, and snake above goat over goat, below small human head
Late Bronze Age II
Cypriot Early Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Pitcher
Early Bronze Age III
Cypro-Archaic Bichrome Large Jar
Archaic I
Fragment of a limestone group of Herakles, Iolaos, and the Hydra
Archaic II
Fragmentary limestone relief with a snake and dolphin
Hellenistic
Large Red Polished Flagon
Early Bronze Age I
Limestone altar or pedestal with coiled snake
Classical
Limestone figure of a woman
Archaic II
Limestone footstool
Archaic II
Limestone head of a snake
Hellenistic
Limestone head of a snake
Archaic II
Limestone snake-charmer
Archaic II
Proto Base Ring Snake Jug
Late Bronze Age I
Red Polished Jar
Early Bronze Age II
Red Polished Snake Jug
Early Bronze Age II
Red Polished Spouted Jug with Relief Bands and a Snake
Early Bronze Age III
Redware Snake Jug
Geometric I
Silver bracelet
Classical
Silver bracelet
Classical
Silver pendant ring with steatite scarab
Archaic II
Silver Snake Bracelet
Archaic II
Silver Snake Head Bracelet
Archaic II
Silver swivel ring with glazed steatite scarab in a gold setting
Archaic II
Snake Armlet
Archaic II
Snake Head Armlet
Archaic
Snake Head Armlet
Archaic II
Snake Head Armlet
Archaic II
Snake Head Silver Bracelet
Archaic II
Snake-Head Armlet
Archaic II
Snake-head Penannular Bracelet
Archaic II
Standing male flute player with a serpent around his shoulders
Archaic I
Terracotta bowl
Late Bronze Age I
Terracotta jug
Archaic I
Terracotta juglet
Late Bronze Age I
Terracotta snake figurine
Classical
Terracotta zoomorphic askos (vessel)
Middle Bronze Age I
Two fragments of a limestone sarcophagus lid with snakes
Archaic II
Two fragments of a limestone sarcophagus lid with snakes
Archaic II