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Triple-Bodied Warrior in the British Museum, May 2014

Triple-Bodied Warrior in the British Museum, May 2014

Object type: figure

Museum number: 1866,0101.298-299

Description: Terracotta figurine of a three-bodied warrior, once holding spears (now missing).

Culture/period: Cypriot

Date: 7thC BC (late)

Production place: Made in: Cyprus (Europe,Cyprus)

Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Pyrga, Possibly from a sanctuary at Livadhia to the east of the modern village.( Europe,Cyprus,Famagusta (district),Pyrga)

Materials: terracotta

Technique: moulded

Dimensions: Height: 24 centimetres

Curator's comments: On the sanctuary, see Fourrier S. 2000, 'Un sanctuaire de frontière à Pyrga', CCEC 30, 45-66 (with references).

Bibliography: Tatton-Brown 1979B , Karageorghis Coroplastic III p. 43, cat. no. 106 & pl. XXVII:2

Conservation: 28 November 2012

Subjects: warrior

Acquisition name: Donated by: Sir Dominic Ellis Colnaghi

Acquisition date: 1866

Department: Greek & Roman Antiquities

Registration number1866,0101.298-299

Additional IDs: 1917,0701.13 (registered in error as)

Text from: www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=400239&partId=1&searchText=terracotta+warrior&page=1

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