Ram figurine

Museum number:
8-262a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080262a@2cb
Alternate number:
46 (original number) and 47 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
(a) figurine, (ram), 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. H. 12.6 cm.; L. 17.8cm.; max body D. 8.6 cm. tip of snout chipped, surface abrasion on body (b) figurine, (ram), 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. H. 15 cm.; L. 15.5 cm.; max body D. 8.1 cm Attributions of dates, culture and use: Red Polished III (Early Bronze Age) (ca. 2100-2000 B.C.) Exhibited: (a) 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:
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
Dimensions:
b— length 15.5 centimeters, a— height 12.6 centimeters, b— diameter 8.1 centimeters, a— diameter 8.6 centimeters, b— height 15 centimeters, and a— length 17.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ram figurine, accession number 8-262a,b, described as (a) figurine, (ram), 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. H. 12.6 cm.; L. 17.8cm.; max body D. 8.6 cm. tip of snout chipped, surface abrasion on body (b) figurine, (ram), 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. H. 15 cm.; L. 15.5 cm.; max body D. 8.1 cm Attributions of dates, culture and use: Red Polished III (Early Bronze Age) (ca. 2100-2000 B.C.) Exhibited: (a) Antiquities of Cyprus Exhibition 1971-1972 Photos: 15-6481; 15-6482; 15-21468.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ram figurine, accession number 8-262a,b, described as (a) figurine, (ram), 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. H. 12.6 cm.; L. 17.8cm.; max body D. 8.6 cm. tip of snout chipped, surface abrasion on body (b) figurine, (ram), 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. H. 15 cm.; L. 15.5 cm.; max body D. 8.1 cm Attributions of dates, culture and use: Red Polished III (Early Bronze Age) (ca. 2100-2000 B.C.) Exhibited: (a) Antiquities of Cyprus Exhibition 1971-1972 Photos: 15-6481; 15-6482; 15-21468.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ram figurine, accession number 8-262a,b, described as (a) figurine, (ram), 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. H. 12.6 cm.; L. 17.8cm.; max body D. 8.6 cm. tip of snout chipped, surface abrasion on body (b) figurine, (ram), 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. H. 15 cm.; L. 15.5 cm.; max body D. 8.1 cm Attributions of dates, culture and use: Red Polished III (Early Bronze Age) (ca. 2100-2000 B.C.) Exhibited: (a) Antiquities of Cyprus Exhibition 1971-1972 Photos: 15-6481; 15-6482; 15-21468.

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