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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.122
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/290348

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; reddish clay with red polish and white incisions
Dimensions
12.2 x 3.5 x 1 cm (4 13/16 x 1 3/8 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
1966.122
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Redware. Broken at base of neck. Loops for ears with holes. Clay pinched to form nose, depressions for eyes and mouth. Figure decorated with sets of horizontal lines on right and left sides of torso. Vertical line with vertical dotted line on either side down center of torso. Right ear missing and chip in upper right corner of figure. Double zig zag design on reverse. Zig zag design on the left side of the figure.

Verification Level

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