Cypriot Archaic terracotta Head: Archaic II (590-540 BC)

Terracotta ¾ scale hollow male head from a votive statue, probably from a rural shrine. It appears to be in the softer Neo-Cypriot style dated by Lewe (1975, 92) as 590/580 – 550/540 BC, (or possibly the contemporary 2^nd Proto-Cypriot style), probably from the Eastern half of Cyprus. Later, larger statues were more and more made from the more transportable and durable limestone. Originally the irises of the eyes and other details would have been painted. Mended fragment of statue, back of head missing. 

Hair falls thickly at the back to level with the chin, the cap has lightly indicated upturned ear-flaps.
Cf: Karageorghis 1993, pl.XXIX (3-5) p.45-46 or Pl. XIV (2) p.23