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Donkey (AN1888.623) | Back to previous page |
This is the earliest clear representation of a donkey known from Cyprus. Despite its crudeness, it succeeds in capturing very well the impression of a donkey resigned to the burden it is forced to carry. Donkeys were probably introduced to the island as pack animals during the Early Bronze Age, in the later part of the 3rd millennium BC. |
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Details: Red Polished III, c. 2000 BC. No provenance. Vassos Karageorghis, The coroplastic art of ancient Cyprus, vol. I, p. 122 no. 15a. |
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