Votive figurine holding a sacrificial animal
Cypriote
Cypro-Archaic Period
about 750–475 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.)
Accession Number
72.149
Medium or Technique
Terracotta
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
A worshiper holds a quadruped, perhaps a sheep or goat. It bears no trace of color. The figure is hand-rolled and has a tubular form.
Provenance
By date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by subscription