figure (ritual & belief: representations); votive offering; grave good

Terracotta figurine of a horse and rider, Cypriot. It is made of pinkish white gritty clay, possibly white slipped. The figurine was hand moulded, and the rider and horse made separately. There is dark brown paint detailing still visible on the rider’s ear, and the horse’s right rear foot.

as a tomb gift

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1318b
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 107 mm x 86 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
clay; slip
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Archaeology
LOCATION
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