Ram figurine

Museum number:

8-262b

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Alternate number:

47 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.147

Description:

Ram figurine, terracotta; fat, ovoid body, three conical legs (all restored), lug handle on back, circular hole in chest, male sex indicated. Long head with pierces eye-holes and nostrils, open mouth indicated. Ram's horns broken off (missing), tail restored. incised linear decoration on body and neck. Height 15 cm; length 15.5 cm; max body depth 8.1 cm. Attributions of dates, culture and use: Red Polished III (Early Bronze Age) (ca. 2100-2000 BC).

Donor:

Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé

Collection place:

Cyprus

Verbatim coll. place:

Boisse 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:

1901

Materials:

Terracotta (clay material)

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Figurines and Rams

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Classical Mediterranean