Ram figurine, ovoid body, four short conical legs (one restored), knob-like tail, pierced lug handle on back, circular hole in chest. long head with flattened ram's horns (one missing); pierced eye-holes. Incised linear decoration (straight and zig-zag lines) on body and neck. Height 12.6 cm; length 17.8 cm; max body depth 8.6 cm. Tip of snout chipped, surface abrasion on body. Attributions of dates, culture and use: Red Polished III (Early Bronze Age) (ca. 2100-2000 BC). Exhibited: Antiquities of Cyprus Exhibition 1971-1972. Photos: 15-6481; 15-6482; 15-21468.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus
Verbatim coll. place:
Boissé Collection
Culture or time period:
Early Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 2300–1900 BC) and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection date:
June 3, 1901
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines and Rams
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1971-1972 #62: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (January 10, 1972–April 4, 1972), S1977-1978 #22: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (January 4, 1978–July 14, 1978), and S2018-2019 #2: Hallie Ford Museum of Art (February 9, 2018–April 28, 2019)