
Archaic II
Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary in Greek dress
H.: 26 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (67.3 x 24.8 x 14.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
- Date
- 520 - 480 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Collection
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
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. LXVII.449, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1067, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 75, p. 83, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Olien, Catherine. 2016. "The Cypriot fragment at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the late 19th century." Ancient Cyprus Today : Museum Collections and New Research, Giorgos Bourogiannis and Christian Mühlenbock, eds. pp. 33-34, fig. 1, Uppsala: Paul Aströms Förlag.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2634, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1067
- Hermary 2013, no. 75
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