Ure Museum | Database

Accession_Number

13.10.37

Shape

Figurine

Shape_description

Fragment of female (?), handmade head, with distinctive pointed nose.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

Decoration

Red wash and some added clay. A dot on the left hand side of the head may be an earring or ear, one on the neck part of a neacklace.

Inscriptions

Condition

Single fragment broken at the neck and without top of head.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Period

Cypro-geometric III

Date

800-750

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2005.02.0194.jpg	Top view of the head of a Cypriote figurine, showing a man with a pointed nose.
2005.02.0195.jpg	Oblique view of the head of a Cypriote figurine, showing the bottom of the fragment.
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2008.01.0007.jpg	Front view of the head of a Cypriote figurine, showing a man with pointed nose and missing the top of the head.
2008.01.0008.jpg	3/4 of the front and right profile of the head of a Cypriote figurine, showing a man with pointed nose and missing the top of the head.
2008.01.0030.jpg	3/4 of the front and right profile of the head of a Cypriote figurine seen from below, showing the severed neck of a man with pointed nose.
2008.99.0020.jpg	3/4 of the front and right profile of the head of a Cypriote figurine seen from below, showing the severed neck of a man with pointed nose.
2008.99.0291.jpg	Front view of the head of a Cypriote figurine, showing a man with pointed nose and missing the top of the head.
2008.99.0292.jpg	3/4 of the front and right profile of the head of a Cypriote figurine, showing a man with pointed nose and missing the top of the head.