Figures and statues

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   The Statues of Ancient Cyprus

   The overview: figures in stone, clay and metal, from Neolithic pebble figures to Hellenistic and Roman limestone votives.

   The statues and figurines of ancient Cyprus, in stone, clay and metal, from Neolithic pebble figures to Hellenistic and Roman limestone votives.

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   Neolithic and Picrolite Figurines

   The first figures, small, mostly stone and rarely sexed, and the early use of picrolite.

   The small, mostly stone and rarely sexed human figures of Neolithic Cyprus, and the early use of picrolite that precedes the Chalcolithic cruciforms.

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   Cruciform Figurines

   Chalcolithic figures with outstretched arms and bent legs, carved mostly in picrolite and often worn as pendants.

   Small stylised human figures with outstretched arms and bent legs, carved mostly in picrolite in Chalcolithic Cyprus and often worn as pendants.

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   Plank Figures

   Flat, rectangular human figures, mostly in incised Red Polished clay, made from Early Cypriot IIIA to Middle Cypriot II.

   Flat, rectangular, stylised human figures, mostly in incised Red Polished clay, made in Cyprus from Early Cypriot IIIA to Middle Cypriot II.

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   Red Polished Zoomorphic Vessels and Animal Figurines

   Animals in the same ware: figurines, protomes applied to vessels, and animal-shaped askoi, mostly from tombs.

   Red Polished ware animal figurines, animal protomes applied to vessels, and animal-shaped askoi of Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus, mostly from tombs.

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   Base Ring Figurines (Astarte Type)

   Late Bronze Age Base Ring figurines of nude women, found in tombs and houses and often linked to Astarte.

   Handmade Base Ring ware terracotta figurines of nude women from Late Bronze Age Cyprus, found in tombs and houses and often linked to Astarte.

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   Snowman Figurines

   Iron Age terracotta votaries and musicians built up from a columnar lump of clay, with pinched beak noses and pellet features.

   Hand-modelled terracotta votaries and musicians of Iron Age Cyprus, built up from a columnar lump of clay with a pinched beak nose and pellet features.

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   Archaic Limestone Statues

   The turn to stone: limestone votive statues and statuettes of the Cypro-Archaic sanctuaries, many in Egyptianizing dress.

   The limestone votive statues and statuettes dedicated in Cypriot sanctuaries of the Cypro-Archaic period, many in Egyptianizing dress.

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   Painted Stone: Colour on Cypriot Limestone Sculpture

   How those statues were painted in red, black, yellow, green and blue, of which usually only traces now survive.

   The painting of Cypriot limestone sculpture with red, black, yellow, green and blue, of which usually only traces now survive.

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    How Cypriot Figurines Are Classified

    Finally the systems, from Winkelmann's N and C numbers to Coroplastic Art and Gjerstad's styles, and how they overlap.

    The overlapping systems that classify Cypriot figurines and statues, from Winkelmann's N and C numbers to Karageorghis's Coroplastic Art and Gjerstad's styles.

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