1966.121: Head from an Idol
Tablets
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1966.121
- Title
- Head from an Idol
- Classification
- Tablets
- Work Type
- tablet
- Date
- 2nd millennium BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
- Period
- Bronze Age, Middle
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/290347
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta; reddish clay with red polish and white incisions.
- Dimensions
- 9.3 x 3.7 x 1 cm (3 11/16 x 1 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart C. Welch
- Accession Year
- 1966
- Object Number
- 1966.121
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Redware. Bottom is broken in a diagonal line. Loops with holes for ears, clay pinched to form nose, depressions for eyes and mouth. Right ear is chipped and nose is abraded. Reverse is decorated with zig-zag lines and there is a large pit at the top of the reverse. Sides decorated with zig zag lines.
Verification Level
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