Sculpture

MS150

From: Cyprus | Salamis

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS150
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Salamis
Period Cypro-Archaic Period
Date Made 599-500
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sandstone (uncertain) | Terracotta (uncertain)
Iconography Aphrodite? | Cybele? | Female Torso | Patera? | Tympanum?
Description

Head broken off, figure missing below waist. Flat figure, the back only roughly finished. The ends of heavy tresses of hair falling to the shoulders at either side; an elaborate beaded necklace with pandants. The right arm, bent at the elbow across the body, holds a round vessel: patera or tympanon. Cybele? Naked Aphrodite?

Height 10.8 cm
Width 11.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, 1895
Other Number 250 - Collector Number

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