Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/14.9.117

Accession_Number

14.9.117

Shape

Figurine

Shape_description

Standing female, holding tambourine, tympanum or phiale in right hand across body.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Pinkish-grey

Munsell_color

5YR 7/3

Decoration

Female wears ceremonial dress suggesting she may be a priestess, of long chiton, necklace with central drop bead and diadem or kalathos on her head. Incision around head and neck.

Inscriptions

Condition

Some features

Technique/Style

Moulded

Provenance

Achna, Cyprus

Period

Cypro-classical I

Date

600-475

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2007.12.0008.jpg
2008.01.0033.jpg	Front view of two Cypriote figurines, showing standing females. 14.9.117 is the smaller figurine on the right.
2008.01.0035.jpg	Front view of two Cypriote figurines, showing standing females. 14.9.117 is the smaller figurine on the right.
2008.01.0036.jpg	Back view of two Cypriote figurines, showing the flat back of standing females. 14.9.117 is the smaller figurine on the right.
2008.03.0013.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a standing female wearing a long chiton and holding a tamburine (?) in her hand.
2008.03.0014.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a standing female wearing a long chiton and holding a tamburine (?) in her hand.
2008.09.0016.jpg	Front and profile drawing of 14.9.117.
2008.99.0023.jpg	Front view of two Cypriote figurines, showing standing females. 14.9.117 is the smaller figurine on the right.