Archaic II
Limestone votive relief with a lion killing a bull and two human figures
Above the flat band serving as a ground line is a wild animal standing on its hind legs, only one of which touches the ground. He grips the throat of a bovid, the body of which is slightly raised. Overall: 17 3/4 × 26 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (45.1 × 66.3 × 9.5 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Relief
- Motifs
- Lion, Bull and cattle, Human figure
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 550 - 501 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Collection
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
References
- Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 773, p. 50, pl. XI.9, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. XLVIII, London: John Murray.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. XCIV.626, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1396, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 437, pp. 310-11, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2878, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Doell 1873, no. 773
- Myres 1914, no. 1396
- Hermary 2013, no. 437
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