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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.120
Title
Redware Tablet (Idol?)
Classification
Tablets
Work Type
tablet
Date
2nd millennium BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Bronze Age, Middle
Culture
Cypriot
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290373

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; reddish clay with red slip and white decoration in incisions
Dimensions
18 x 10 x 1 cm (7 1/16 x 3 15/16 x 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart C. Welch
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.120
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Redware. Puncture holes on upper part of tablet. Incisions seem to indicate the torso of a figure; object is broken at "neck". Reverse decorated with parallel lines alternating with zig zag lines. Sides are scored with zig zag lines.

Verification Level

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