Archaic II
Limestone statue of a male votary
The figure carries an aryballos (a small oil bottle) in his left hand and wears a sword sheath at his right side. The textured sash worn over his left shoulder is unusual. The headband decorated with rosettes and his well-arranged clothing, complete with a belt tied in a Herakles knot, imply that he is represented as a participant in a procession or festival - a fitting pose for a votive statue. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 41 1/4 × 17 × 10 in., 236 lb. (104.8 × 43.2 × 25.4 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 500 - 450 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2458
Collection
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
References
- Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 113, pp. 29-30, pl. IV.10, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. LXXIII.475, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 1985. "Un nouveau chapiteau hathorique trouvé à Amathonte." Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 109(2): p. 685 n. 92.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 112, pp. 112-13, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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