Excavated/Findspot: Sanctuary of Apollo (Pyla) Europe: Cyprus: Larnaka (district): Pyla: Sanctuary of Apollo (Pyla) Limestone statue of the goddess Artemis, perhaps Artemis Bendis; she is depicted frontally, gazing to the right, but the body is missing below the knee; the back of the statue is fully worked; the figure wears a knee-length tunic with rippling folds, over which is an obliquely arranged animal skin secured at the left side with a large buckle; a cloak, buttoned at the shoulder, is draped over the left side of her body; her outstretched arm rests on a support, though the hand and lower arm is missing; the right arm hangs by the side, covered by the sleeves of the tunic, is broken away at the wrist; she wears a Phrygian cap with side tassles; her face is oval with carefully carved features; the hair is combed back under the cap, but a single tress falls on each side of the head onto the shoulders; made of chalky limestone, traces of red paint survive on the hair.
Author: Cyprus | Date: 300BC-200BC
