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Item two: cf. V. Tatton-Brown, Ancient Cyprus, The British Museum, London, 1987, p. 49, pl. 56 for a similar figure clad in a lion skin.
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MAINLY CYRO-ARCHAIC/HELLENISTIC, 8TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
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A GROUP OF CYPRIOT LIMESTONE AND TERRACOTTA HEADS AND FIGURES
MAINLY CYRO-ARCHAIC/HELLENISTIC, 8TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Including a limestone head of a male votary with conical Syrian headdress, late 6th Century B.C., 3.5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high; a limestone head of a hero or deity wearing a lion's pelt over his head, circa 5th-4th Century B.C., 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high; seven other limestone male and female heads, one with vertical locks of curled hair, 8 to 2.1/8 in. (20.2 to 5.3 cm.) high; two limestone male heads wearing flat circular hats, circa 3rd-2nd Century B.C., 4 in. (10.2 cm.) and 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high; and a large group of terracotta male and female heads and busts, some with pointed caps, one with Phrygian cap, three goddesses each wearing a high kalathos, all mounted, all mainly 8th-4th Century B.C., 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high max.; a standing female figure with hand to one breast, with kalathos, 6th-5th Century B.C., 10 in. (25.3 cm.) high; a figure of a mother and child, head missing, 4 in. (10.1 cm.) high; and a Base Ring Ware bull rhyton, restored, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long, both 1400-1200 B.C.
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MAINLY CYRO-ARCHAIC/HELLENISTIC, 8TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Including a limestone head of a male votary with conical Syrian headdress, late 6th Century B.C., 3.5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high; a limestone head of a hero or deity wearing a lion's pelt over his head, circa 5th-4th Century B.C., 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high; seven other limestone male and female heads, one with vertical locks of curled hair, 8 to 2.1/8 in. (20.2 to 5.3 cm.) high; two limestone male heads wearing flat circular hats, circa 3rd-2nd Century B.C., 4 in. (10.2 cm.) and 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high; and a large group of terracotta male and female heads and busts, some with pointed caps, one with Phrygian cap, three goddesses each wearing a high kalathos, all mounted, all mainly 8th-4th Century B.C., 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high max.; a standing female figure with hand to one breast, with kalathos, 6th-5th Century B.C., 10 in. (25.3 cm.) high; a figure of a mother and child, head missing, 4 in. (10.1 cm.) high; and a Base Ring Ware bull rhyton, restored, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long, both 1400-1200 B.C.
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