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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/47.2.32

Accession_Number

47.2.32

Shape

Figurine

Shape_description

Standing, mouldmade figurine, playing tambourine with slightly round back. Cylindrincal filled body, pointed headdress and moulded arms, placed across body.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Light brown

Munsell_color

10YR 7/2

Decoration

Some traces of colour: black for hair, red on face and arms, dark red on cap, line with pendants around neck and on tambourine. Two red and black bands below the elbows.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, but chips and some ware on the surface and to paint.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Unknown, but typical of the Larnaca, Kamelarga finds.

Period

Date

600-475

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.92.0234.jpg	Oblique view of a Cypriote figurine on its back, showing a female playing a tambourine (right).
2008.03.0015.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female playing the tamburine.
2008.03.0018.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female playing the tamburine.
2008.09.0018.jpg	Front and profile drawings of 47.2.32.
2008.99.0101.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female playing the tamburine.
2008.99.0102.jpg	Detail of the head and torso of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female playing the tamburine.
2008.99.0103.jpg	Side view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female playing the tamburine.