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Female votive figurine
Cypriote
Cypro-Archaic Period
610–575 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.159
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 409.
DescriptionThe lower half of the body with a long garment, the feet, and the rectangular plinth all indicate that this statuette was once roughly similar to M.F.A. no. 88.737. The carving is elegant, and the feet are characterized by being placed side by side on the plinth. The figure is Egyptianizing in style.
The figure survives from the waist to and including most of the plinth. What remains is in good condition.
The figure survives from the waist to and including most of the plinth. What remains is in good condition.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).