Figure of a horseman
This model represents a man sitting on the back of a horse and holding onto the horse’s ears. It is decorated with vertical stripes and the eyes of the horse and rider have been painted. The model has suffered damage with one of the horse’s back legs and both the rider’s lower legs missing. Models such as this were popular in Iron Age Cyprus, where they were often left in temples or burials.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 91/1971/2
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Ransom, William
- Material
- potteryGeometric ware
- Common Name
- figure of a horseman
- Simple Name
- figure
- Production Year Low
- -1050
- Production Year High
- -750
