Figurine

54-28-77

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 54-28-77
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Site Name Kourion
Locus Votive Deposit
Date Made 2nd half 4th cent. BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Description

Handmade except for face (cast from mold); solid. "Horse (type 33) and rider (one-rowed wreath on band; face worn red paint is preserved on the horse for his halter and stripes down four legs. The mold represents an oval effiminate face with straight mouth incised dor-and-circle irises." Rider's hands on horse's neck. Missing: lower parts of horse's hindlegs; rider's left arm from shoulder to wrist.

Height 16.7 cm
Width 5.2 cm
Depth 12 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954
Other Number T-480 - Field No SF | 2908 - Other Number

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