Archaic II
Limestone head of a female with a plain headdress
The head, to the base of the neck, remains. There is a wide choker around the neck. The face has a smiling expression. Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.4 x 5.7 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 550 - 501 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Idalion
Collection
Provenance
- “Found in the ruins of Idalium”
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. LXI.419, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 191, p. 162, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 41.160.415, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Hermary 2013, no. 191
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