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Accession_Number 13.10.28
Shape Figurine
Shape_description Seated female figurine of Kourotrophos holding child on lap, with raised head. Seated on chair with flat back.
Material Limestone
Fabric Cypriote
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5Y 7/1
Decoration Wear peplos, distinctive necklace with large central bead. Fingers and toes incised.
Inscriptions
Condition Head of mother missing, chips in stone near left foot.
Technique/Style
Provenance Enkomi
Period Cypro-archaic II
Date 650-475
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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2008.99.0084.jpg		Front view from slightly above of a Cypriote figurine, showing a seated female holding child on lap.

2008.99.0085.jpg		Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a seated female holding child on lap.

2008.99.0086.jpg		Right side view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a seated female holding child on lap.

2008.99.0087.jpg		Back view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a seated female holding child on lap.

2008.99.0088.jpg		Left side view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a seated female holding child on lap.

2008.99.0089.jpg		View of the base of a Cypriote figurine, showing a seated female holding child on lap.
Comparanda F.N. Pryce, BM Cat. Of Sculpture vol.1, 132ff., type 45.
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 14.1
Diameters 8.3
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Household
Edited_by Jessica; Kinsey; Sadie
Date_edited 25.06.2003; 06.01.2006; 29.01.2009
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