
Archaic II
Head from a votive statuette
Head from a votive statuette: A very small head from a female votive statuette. Most of the facial features are damaged. She is wearing a hat, possilby a sakkos with a conical end at the back of the head or the hair. The sakkos is open at the front. A thick lock of hair shapes a pointed arch at the forehead. The hair underneath the sakkos is rendered in herring bones lines. The female wears round earings and has long hair at the back of the neck. (Overall: 105 mm x 55 mm) - Made of Limestone Culture: Cypriot
Date
525 - 475 BC
Accession No.
16.5.72.140
Collection
Liverpool Museum
Provenance
References
- 'Some Limestone Heads from Cyprus in the Liverpool Public Museums' in Liverpool …