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Accession_Number

47.2.28

Shape

Figurine

Shape_description

Cylindrical, wheelmade figurine with mouldmade face and handmade arms. Holds quadruped, possibly kid, goat or sheep, with distinctive pellet eye.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Reddish Orange

Munsell_color

5YR 8/6

Decoration

Traces of black paint on chest, left arm and back of head, faint stripe on body.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, but large part of body broken off, also part of right side of the head. Concretion build up below chin and neck. Large deposits along left hand side.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Unknown, similar to Larnaca, Kamelarga finds

Period

Cypro-Archaic I-II

Date

750-475

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2005.81.0005.jpg	Top view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a woman holding a small animal.
2005.81.0017.jpg	Back view of a Cypriote figurine, showing ventilation hole.
2008.01.0014.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a woman holding a small animal.
2008.01.0015.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a woman holding a small animal.
2008.01.0016.jpg	Left profile of a Cypriote figurine, showing a woman holding a small animal.
2008.01.0017.jpg	Right profile of a Cypriote figurine, showing a woman holding a small animal.
2008.01.0018.jpg	Back view of a Cypriote figurine, showing ventilation hole.
2008.99.0005.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a woman holding a small animal.
2008.99.0006.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a woman holding a small animal.
2008.99.0007.jpg	Left profile of a Cypriote figurine, showing a woman holding a small animal.
2008.99.0008.jpg	Right profile of a Cypriote figurine, showing a woman holding a small animal.
2008.99.0009.jpg	of a Cypriote figurine, showing ventilation hole.