Female figurine with lyre

This pottery figurine depicts a woman or goddess. She is wearing a head dress and veil, draped clothing and carries a lyre. During the Cypriot Iron Age mould-made figurines like this were very popular offerings left in temples.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
A525
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Foreign archaeology
Collection Area Region
Southern Europe
Collector Excavator
Gilbertson
Material
ceramic
Common Name
female figurine with lyre
Simple Name
figurine
Production Year Low
-480
Production Year High
-310

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female holding musical instrument, lyre