Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a conical helmet - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a conical helmet

The statuette is very small and flat with traces of red at the bottom of the garment. The features of the beardless face are only roughed out. The back is smooth and flat. Overall:H.: 6 x W.:2 x D.:1 in. (15.2 x 5.1 x 2.5 cm)

Date

620 - 550 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2570

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. LVII.380, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1005, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 5, p. 33, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.