Figurine

54-28-183

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 54-28-183
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Site Name Kourion
Locus Votive Deposit
Date Made ca 275BCE to middle of 2nd century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Description

Head. Solid, molded, from Mold 20A. "Face narrow and angular (the mold of considerable depth). Short pointed beard joining short-cut hair at sides of face; both beard and hair marked with coarse vertical incisions. Large protruding egg-shaped pupil; no lower lid. Short thick lips and tracs of slight drooping mustache; heavy aquiline nose. A coarse, cruel face." "(high tiara, flaps up, cheekpieces)."

Height 6.2 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Depth 2.7 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954
Other Number TX27 - Field No SF | 2331 - Other Number

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