Male, ovoid face. Almond-shaped eyes. Marked eye-brows. Small mouth. Eyes and eye-brows painted black. Reddish brown face. Lips painted red. Black hair. Pinkish buff clay. Marr red, reddish brown and black paint.
Colossal, male head. Square beard (in the Assyrian fashion), differentiated from cheek by a line. Large, prominent eyes, arched eyebrows, high cheekbones and protruding lips. Wearing a pointed helmet with upturned cheek, incised grooves decorate the…
Lentoid body, one side pointed, tall, narrow tapering neck; out-curved rim; handle from upper part of neck to shoulder on the pointed broad side. Potters mark (engraved before firing) on handle-base in shape of the greek letter P. Hard, brick clay;…
Ring-base; wide, conical body; inturned rim; round, horizontal handles just below rim. Hard, buff clay; matt, buff slip; matt, red and dark grey paint. Exterior: red and grey, concentric circles on bottom; grey, transverse strokes on base; grey lines…
Seated man with isolinear feet. Right hand was holding drapery. Left
forearm was sculpted free from the body. Wearing sandals, a long
vertically folded chiton and over this another chiton which reaches to
below the knees. An obliquely folded…
Wide, flat, base with central bulb; wide, shallow body; plain rim; round, knobbed horizontal handles at rim. Hard, pinkish buff clay; matt, buff slip; matt, dark red and dark grey paint. Exterior: central maltese cross Period Exhibition - Current…
Chalcolithic Wine Jars and the History of Wine in Cyprus
Since antiquity, grapes have been one of the most famous agricultural products and foodstuffs of Cyprus, as well as one of the basic nutritional elements of the Cypriot diet. The vine has been…
The church of Panagia Karmiotissa is dedicated to the Merciful Mother of God (Panagia Eleousa). It is located north of the area of Pano Polemidia, on the outskirts of the city of Limassol, in Cyprus. The foundation of the church is dated to the…