Ritual Object

54-28-110

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 54-28-110
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Site Name Kourion
Locus Archaic Precinct Fill
Date Made 650–550 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Description

Ritual group, fragment. Solid, handmade. "Oval basis, one end and one side missing. In the center, stump of a central figure or object, before which a mark of attachment for another object, smaller in diameter. Around these central figures, the dancers, of whom two are preserved, precdeed clockwise. Both are bareheaded, with added ears and nose and pointed chin. The first figure holds extended in his left hand a long, flat object (a drumlike instrument?) towards which his right arm is extended; although the forearm is missing, traces on the object show where something rested on it, perhaps a stick. The second figure, slightly taller, holds his arms out in similar fashion; the forearms are missing. Behind the first figure described and before the second are marks of attachment for other dancers. Supposing the base was symmetrical and the figures evenly placed, there were originally eight dancers. Dark red clay."

Height 10 cm
Width 8 cm
Depth 16.2 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954
Other Number T1520 - Field No SF | 807 - Other Number | P740 - Field No SF | B620 - Other Number

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