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Statuette of Artemis

Dateend of the 4th-1st c. BCE

PeriodHellenistic

Object GeographyCyprus

Geography NotesSaid to be "from the ruins of a temple" at Pyla, Cyprus, "discovered by Mr. R. Hamilton Lang"

MediumLimestone with red paint

DimensionsOverall: 17 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (43.5 × 14 × 9 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936

Object numberSN28.1782

Attributes serve to identify specific divinities. The goddess of the hunt, Artemis, stands here with her quiver slung over her shoulder and a fawn or hunting dog at her side. Her head is large in proportion to her body, linking her visually to children, of whom she was a protector.

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