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Accession_Number 47.2.31
Shape Figurine
Shape_description Standing female holding tambourine. Cylindrical, wheelmade body, mouldmade face and handmade arms.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Cypriote
Fabric_description Pinkish Orange
Munsell_color 5YR 7/4
Decoration Remnants of black paint around eyes, headdress, upper body and arms; red on face.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact, although left arm missing and a section from base. Facial features well preserved.
Technique/Style
Provenance Unknown, although typical of Larnaca, Kamelarga fines.
Period Cypro-Archaic II
Date 750-475
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Artist
Attribution
Image

2005.81.0003.jpg		Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female holding a tamborine.

2005.81.0020.jpg		Back view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female holding a tamburine.

2005.81.0021.jpg		Back view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female holding a tamburine.

2008.99.0143.jpg		Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female holding a tamburine.

2008.99.0144.jpg		Detail of the head and torso of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female holding a tamburine.

2008.99.0145.jpg		Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female holding a tamburine.

2008.99.0146.jpg		Side view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female holding a tamburine.

2008.99.0147.jpg		Back view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female holding a tamburine.

2008.99.0148.jpg		Side view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female holding a tamburine.
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Beazley_DB
Height 23.5
Diameters 7.1
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Education
Edited_by Sadie; Kinsey
Date_edited 20.01.2009; 06.01.2006
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