Votive plaque

Description

This stone plaque shows a seated woman cradling a child. The woman is dressed in Greek-style clothing and the baby is wrapped in swaddling clothes and wears a pointed hat. It is decorated with red lines.

Accession Loan No.

31/1918/83

Collection Class

Foreign archaeology

Common Name

votive plaque

Simple Name

figurine

Full Name

figurine of mother and child

Dimensions

whole length 260 mm; whole width 130 mm; whole depth 60 mm

Period Classification

Cypriot Classical - 500-325 BC

Family Group



Material

stone; limestone; pigment

Collector / Excavator

Cobham, Claude Delaval

Collection Site Name

cyprus

Collection Country

Cyprus

Collection Area Region

Southern Europe

Collection Continent

Europe