Limestone votary of a beardless male wearing a long garment and a conical helmet

Limestone votary of a beardless male wearing a long garment and a conical helmet

Description:

Beardless priest or votary in Assyrian dress.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 63 1/2 × 19 × 9 1/2 in., 388 lb. (161.3 × 48.3 × 24.1 cm, 176 kg)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

599 - 500 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios, Cyprus Between 1870 and 1873, found in Golgoi; 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. XLVI.283, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1354, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 7, p. 34, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus : Crossroads of Civilization : Guide to the exhibition p. 74, London: DeArtcom.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations : exhibition catalog no. 117, p.299, London: DeArtcom.

Accession Number:

74.51.2474