Sculpture
MS150
From: Cyprus | Salamis
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS150 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cypriot |
| Provenience | Cyprus | Salamis |
| Period | Cypro-Archaic Period |
| Date Made | 599-500 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sandstone (uncertain) | Terracotta (uncertain) |
| Iconography | Aphrodite? | Cybele? | Female Torso | Patera? | Tympanum? |
| Description | Head broken off, figure missing below waist. Flat figure, the back only roughly finished. The ends of heavy tresses of hair falling to the shoulders at either side; an elaborate beaded necklace with pandants. The right arm, bent at the elbow across the body, holds a round vessel: patera or tympanon. Cybele? Naked Aphrodite? |
| Height | 10.8 cm |
| Width | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, 1895 |
| Other Number | 250 - Collector Number |
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