
Classical
Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves
Overall: 8 1/2 x 8 x 8 in. (21.6 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 475 - 451 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Idalion
Collection
Provenance
- From Idalion
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.488, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1298, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 1985. "Un nouveau chapiteau hathorique trouvé à Amathonte." Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 109(2): p. 695 n. 150.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 115, p. 114, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2822, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1298
- Hermary 2013, no. 115
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