Fragment of a limestone naiskos (?)
Description: | The syllabic inscription is in three lines with deeply inscribed signs: an offering of wine to Zeus. Overall: 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (13.7 x 19.7 x 7.3 cm) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 500 - 401 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Said to be from the sanctuary of Ayios Photios, 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. 29, pp. 214-15, pl. VII.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXXXIX, 5, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1862, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 285, pl. L.1, Paris: E. de Boccard.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 421, p. 300, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2356 |