Limestone inscribed statue base

Limestone inscribed statue base

Description:


Overall: 3 1/8 x 11 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (7.9 x 29.8 x 6.4 cm)

Period:

Chalcolithic

Date:

7000 - 30 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Said to be from Golgoi, Cyprus

References:

Hall, Isaac H. 1874. "Cypriote Inscriptions of the Di Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Journal of the American Oriental Society, 10: no. 14, p. 211, pl. IV.

Accession Number:

74.51.2301