Limestone statuette of a female votary

Limestone statuette of a female votary

Description:

Figure wearing tunic with cloak drawn over the head, holding an apple.


Overall: 23 1/4 × 8 × 3 3/4 in. (59.1 × 20.3 × 9.5 cm)

Period:

Bronze Age

Date:

3900 BC - 100 AD

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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. CXXXIV.990, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1248, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 210, p. 173, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2730