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Limestone head of male statue of the Achaemenid period in Persian styleThis limestone head wears a laurel wreath with beads or acorns below. The stylized treatment of the hair and beard is in a Cypriot tradition with Assyrian and Persian influences. The head dates from around 475–450 BC.
Sanctuary of Apollo, Idalion, Cyprus
Catalogue no. 442 |
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