Archaic II
Limestone statuette of Zeus Ammon
The god rests his hands on the rams flanking his throne, and rams' horns grow from his youthful head. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 5 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 3/4 in., 1.5 lb. (13.3 × 8.9 × 7 cm, 0.7 kg)
Date
499 - 475 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2675
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From the sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios (“Found in the temple (Golgoi),” Cesnola 1885, Vol. I, pl. LXXXVII, 584) Between 1870 and 1872, unearthed from the sanctuary at Golgoi (Ayios Photios); until 1874, collection of Luigi Palma di Cesnola; acquired in 1874, purchased from L.P. di Cesnola.
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. LXXXVIII.584, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1137, p. 181, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1940-1945. "Excavations in Cyprus, 1913." Annual of the British School at Athens, 41:Masson, Olivier. 1971. "Kypriaka IX: Recherches sur les antiquités de Golgoi." Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 95(1): p. 371.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 4a, pp. 65-6. Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 323, p. 241, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hemingway, Seán. 2021. How to Read Greek Sculpture. p. 125, fig. 48, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.