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Figurine

Unknown-0700/-0600

Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Sweden

Minotaur with cylindrical animal’s body. Freely hanging tail. Buttock hole. Legs tapering downwards. Human body cylindrical. Marked male genital organs. Above these a broad girdle. Female breasts. Right arm uplifted holding goblet. Left arm bent down holding object now missing. Broad, ovoid head with large, globular eyes and ridged eyebrows. Sloping forehead, roughly shaped ears, straight, projecting nose, pellet mouth. Band around head. Plain plaits of hair falling down neck, two thick, twisted plaits in front falling along neck on to breasts. Wheelmade, except arms and head. Red-brown clay, light slip.

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  • Title: Figurine
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: -0700/-0600
  • Location: Ajia Irini, Cyprus
  • Type: Figurine
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/se/
  • Place Part Of: Cyprus
Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

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