Right hand of a statuette holding a small storage jar (amphora), reused as an incense burner
Date5th–3rd century BCE
PeriodClassical or early Hellenistic
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1878
On View
Not on viewHeight: 4 1/16 in. (10.25 cm)
Width: 3 13/16 in. (9.75 cm)
Thickness (at body of the vessel): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Mount pin
Length: 1 1/16 in. (2.75 cm)
Diameter: 1/4 in. (0.58 cm)
Amphora
Height: 3 1/8 in. (7.82 to 7.92 cm)
Diameter (body): 2 7/16 in. (6 to 6.3 cm)
Amphora handle
Height (above rim): 5/8 in. (1.65 cm)
Width (above rim): 9/16 in. (1.45)
Width (below rim): 7/16 in. (1.15 cm)
Amphora neck
Diameter: 1 7/16 in. (3.68 cm)
Amphora rim
Diameter: 2 7/16 in. (6.03-6.3 cm)
Amphora base
Diameter: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Cutting (in top of amphora)
Diameter: 5/8 in. (1.45-1.58 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Stone: 10 YR 8/2 (very pale brown)
Paint: 10R 5/6 (red)
Inclusions
n/a
late 6th to mid-5th century BCE
late 7th–early 6th century BCE
end of the 4th-1st century BCE
5th century BCE, reused after that
