Polis Chrysochous · Cyprus · Twenty Years of Excavation
Head of a terracotta statue representing a woman with elaborate coiffure. Red
and black paint on the face and hair. The pattern of the hair is distinctive
and later becomes associated with the representation of Nubians in Greek art.
From the bothros (sacred repository) of the sanctuary on the plateau called
Peristeries, sector BD7.
Princeton University Excavations: R9913/TC 3078
Cypro-Archaic II Period (Sixth Century B.C.)