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	1995.10.837	Objects of stone are found on Cyprus from earliest prehistory throughout the historical periods. Those in the Semitic Museum's Cesnola Collection, however, date from the Iron Age through the Hellenistic period, and are all made of local limestone or gypsum. Of the 20 stone objects, 16 are votive statuary, including kourotrophoi (Mother and Child figures), heads of the god Pan or his Cypriot epithet Opaon Melanthios, temple boys, a ring dancer, and various other male and female heads (a not uncommon practice to desacralize a votive); a plate or mortar, a fluted jar, a small bowl, and an incised spindle whorl. The 10 stone alabastra, which are not included in the number above, are described on the Alabastra/Unguentaria page.

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