Terracotta Figurines from Kourion in Cyprus

Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania, 1955. Hardcover. NF interior but with museum ex-lib. sticker and book plate. Blue wraps with black lettering (original binding) covered in dark blue library binding with gilt spine lettering. 260 pp. plus 74 bw plates. From the introduction: "This book presents a study of the mass of figurines uncovered by the excavations at Kourion, on the island of Cyprus, undertaken by the University Museum of Philadelphia between the years 1934 and 1948." Divided into 3 parts, the sections include general principles, sites and finds; the catalogue with notes, information about the votaries, groups, votive animals and miscellaneous items, The Horsemen of Kourion and appendices to the catalogue; and the conclusions listing materials and methods, costume and equipment, cults and dedications and style and development. A concordance and index follow, and the full-page bw plates close out the book.