Archaic II
Limestone statuette of a male votary with Cypriot shorts and a diadem
Male figure with Cypriot loin-cloth and a row of curls below frontlet. Overall: 28 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (73 x 27.3 x 14 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 601 - 580 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2622
Collection
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
References
- Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 71, p. 23, pl. III.5, 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. LXVII.450, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1044, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Alexander, Christine. 1928. Jewelry: The Art of the Goldsmith in Classical Times as Illustrated in the Museum Collection. p. 19, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 2000. Amathonte: Les figurines en terre cuite, archaïques et classiques, les sculptures en pierre, Vol. 5. p. 129 n. 34, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Höckmann, Ursula. 2004. "Werke zyprischer Bildhauer im griechischen Naukratis. Eine Kourosstatuette in Oxford." Sepulkral- und Votivdenkmäler östlicher Mittelmeergebiete (7. Jahrhundert v.Chr. - 1. Jahrhundert n.Chr.) : Kulturbegegnungen im Spannungsfeld von Akzeptanz und Resistenz : Akten des Internationalen Symposiums Mainz, 01.-03.11.2001, Renate Bol and Detlev Kreikenbom, eds. p. 64 n. 33, Mönnesee: Bibliopolis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 25, p. 49, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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