Cypriot Terracotta Warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Terracotta warriors

Medium; Technique: Terracotta; hand-made

Culture: Cypriot

Period: Cypro-Archaic II

Date: 6th century B.C.(?)

Dimensions: H. 5 15/15 in. (15.1 cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number: 74.51.1644

On View

Description:

This exceptional group shows a foot soldier, with conical helmet and round shield, beside an archer, with bow and quiver. Summary though it may be, the piece probably reflects political realities in Archaic Cyprus, which experienced successive domination by Assyria, Egypt, and Persian between the end of the eighth and the second half of the sixth century B.C.

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