Image
Title
Head of a clay statue, from a Daidalic archaic deposit at Siteia
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Annotation
Head of a clay statue, found in a Daidalic-Archaic deposit at Siteia, Crete. It is smaller than life and hollow inside.
Detailed Info
| Object type |
sculpture
head votive terracotta |
| Material |
terracotta
|
| Size | 0 |
| Author of the object |
no
|
| Condition | very good |
| Original | yes |
| Historical period |
Archaic Period
|
| Date bottom | -750 exact date: no |
| Date top | -550 |
| Location of the object |
Krete
(
Kriti
Crete
)
Siteia ( Sitia ) Agios Nikolaos |
| Museum |
Ag. Nikolaos, Archaeological museum
|
| Keyword |
Daidalian sculpture
|
| Description | Head of a clay statue, found in a Daidalic-Archaic deposit at Siteia. It is smaller than life and hollow inside. The pupils of the large eyes are marked with a compass. The expression, with the slight smile, is typical of the Archaic period. The statue had painted decoration, but only faint traces of the paint are preserved, as in the eyebrows, which were blue. |
| Storage directory | AgNikolaos |
| Photographer | Zdenek Kratochvil |
| Updated at | 02-03-2010 09:02 |
| Created at | 02-03-2010 09:02 |
| Signature | 0501285 |