
Classical
Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves
Overall: 19 x 7 1/8 x 3 in. (48.3 x 18.1 x 7.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 475 - 440 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Collection
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. LXVII.448, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1183, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 116, pp. 44, 114-15, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2619, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1183
- Hermary 2013, no. 116
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