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Clay figurine head

Π21018

Clay

Incomplete

Max. Height: 6.8 cm. Length: 7.6 cm.Width: 4.4 cm.

Prinias

Cemetery

Early Archaic period:

660-650 BC:

Gallery:

XVIII

Case:

183

Exhibition thematic unit:

Geometric - Archaic period (10th-6th c. BC). The cemetery of the city of Prinias

Description

Clay mould-made figurine of which only part of the head is preserved. It is made of fine, high-quality fabric. The main features are rendered in relief, highlighted in dark red. The face is oval, with a square, jutting chin and protruding eyes, eyebrows and nose. On the top of the head is preserved part of the diadem worn by the figure, decorated with a double twisted band in the same colour as the clay.

Bibliography:

Rizza G., “Ceramiche figurate di Prinias”, in Antichita Cretesi. Studi in Onore di Doro Levi, vol. II, Catane, 1978, 130, fig. 49. Rizza G.-Rizzo M. A., “Prinias”, in Ancient Crete, A Hundred Years of Italian Archaeology (1884-1984), Rome, 1984, 161-165, fig. 297.

Author:

S. P.

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