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Female votive figurine
Cypriote
Cypro-Archaic Period
mid 6th–late 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Temple of Aphrodite
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.736
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 412.
DescriptionThis votive is of the Ionian-Cypriot type and wears a long tunic with five vertical folds or creases indicated in front. Her left arm is lowered and holds the folds of her dress, and her right hand, raised across her chest, holds an elongated bird. Her feet were posed together and frontally, and she stood on a small, rectangular plinth.
The headless figure has been broken into two pieces, and the surfaces are damaged, particularly at the back. The hem of her mantle bears traces of red paint.
The headless figure has been broken into two pieces, and the surfaces are damaged, particularly at the back. The hem of her mantle bears traces of red paint.
ProvenanceTemple of Aphrodite, Naukratis, Egypt; 1886/1887, excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853 - d. 1942) for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned by Egyptian government to the Egypt Exploration Fund; December 22, 1887, presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 1, 1888)