Figurine

54-28-92

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 54-28-92
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Site Name Kourion
Locus Votive Deposit
Date Made 300–200 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Bust
Description

"Bust of woman on round pedestal. long narrow face, shadows about eyes. Elaborate coiffure; hood over back of head brought to point above; edge of drapery shaown around neck. Back plain...The busy and headdress (see e.g. Svoronos, Munzen der Ptolemaer, IV, plate B, 11-14) suggest that this is a bust of Arsinoe II (Philadelphos)." Intact, hollow.

Height 10 cm
Width 5.8 cm
Depth 6.1 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954
Other Number T1002 - Field No SF | 1013 - Other Number

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