Figurine of a cockerel
- Description
- Small models of animals and birds like this may have been ‘votive’ items. Traces of white and red pigment survive on this bird which show it was originally brightly coloured. It was found in Cyprus, but the style is influenced by Greek culture.
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/519
- Simple Name
- figurine
- Full Name
- figurine of a cockerel
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel
- Collection Country
- Cyprus
- Common Name
- figurine of a cockerel
- Material
- pottery; terracotta; pigment
- Period Classification
- Archaic - 1100-500 BC; Classical - 500-336 BC
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Contintent
- Europe
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Family Group
- Dimensions
- whole W 90 mm; whole height 105 mm; whole depth 38 mm
- Created At
- 2016-10-13 15:45:44
- Updated At
- 2020-01-28 11:42:52
