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Female votive figurine of Dedalic type
Cypriote
Cypro-Archaic Period
early 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Temple of Aphrodite
Medium/Technique
Stone; limestone
Dimensions
9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.737
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 408.
DescriptionThe figure stands with her bare feet side by side on a rectangular plinth. Her left hand is at her side, and the right grasps the folds of her long, flaring garment, which fall down on the front between her feet.
Head and neck are broken away; otherwise, the state of preservation is very good.
Head and neck are broken away; otherwise, the state of preservation is very good.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Temple of Aphrodite. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).