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Cypro-Archaic

Also called Archaic, CA, Archaic period, Cypro-Archaic period

Objects: 1,844
Date: c. 750–480 BCE

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Cypro-Archaic Cyprus

The age of the Cypriot city-kingdoms, c. 750–475 BCE, under Assyrian, Egyptian and Persian overlordship, with rural sanctuaries and regional pottery styles.

Within Cypro-Archaic

Cypro-Archaic I336
Cypro-Archaic II425

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Object types

Pottery vessel677
Terracotta figurine460
Stone sculpture412
Jewellery52
Model46
Metal vessel40
Terracotta sculpture33
Terracotta figure-vessel30

Wares

Bichrome ware (Iron Age)151
Black-on-Red II (IV)50
Bichrome IV45
Black-on-Red ware30
White Painted ware (Iron Age)30
Bichrome V26
Bichrome Red ware16
Plain White ware (Iron Age)11

Shapes

Jug147
Amphora92
Juglet91
Trefoil-mouthed jug77
Bowl58
Jar53
Amphoriskos25
Dish and plate20

Styles

Free-Field Style77
Amathus Style1

Decoration techniques

Painted636
Painted in two colours266
Moulded136
Incised22
Modelled figures and attachments21
Relief and applied18
Carved13
Repoussé and chased12

Motifs

Human figure257
Bands and lines240
Concentric circles183
Bird108
Horse89
Lotus64
Other plants and flowers53
Bull and cattle48

Materials

Clay1,254
Limestone416
Copper and bronze64
Gold38
Silver30
Semi-precious stone13
Stone7
Bone and antler6

Places of production

Cyprus1,338
Egypt1
Levant1

Findspots

Amathus166
Golgoi144
Kourion75
Idalion69
Salamis54
Palaepaphos50
Pera-Frangissa42
Achna35

Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art706
The British Museum Collection644
Cyprus Museum, Nicosia98
Royal Ontario Museum90
The Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville67
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna52
Alexis Drakopoulos44
Larnaca Museum35

Objects

1–48 of 1,844

'Astarte Terracotta Figure'
Archaic II
"Bearded Male Worshipper Head"
Archaic II
"Bichrome IV-V Trefoil Jug"
Archaic
"Bichrome Ware Bullseye Jug"
Archaic I
"Black Slip Bichrome Flask"
Archaic
"Dea Gravida Terracotta Figure"
Archaic II
"Gilded Silver Rosette Disc"
Archaic
"Limestone Cap Figure"
Archaic II
"Limestone Female Head"
Archaic II
"Limestone Female Head"
Archaic II
"Limestone Votary Head"
Archaic II
"Plain White Oinochoe"
Archaic II
"Ram Figurine"
Archaic I
"Red and Black Bands Jug"
Archaic I
"Red Slip II Biconical Jug"
Archaic I
"Terracotta Breast Goddess"
Archaic II
"Terracotta Breast-Holding Figurine"
Archaic II
"Terracotta Duck Figurine"
Archaic II
"Terracotta Votary Figure"
Archaic I
A Cypriot Bichrome-Ware Oinochoe Jug
Archaic I
amphora
Archaic
amphora
Archaic
amphora
Archaic
amphora
Archaic
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic
Amphora
Archaic
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic II
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic I
Amphora
Archaic I

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