Archaic II
Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary in Egyptianizing dress
Young votary in elaborately decorated tunic, belt, and kilt. Overall: 28 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (73 × 21.6 × 14 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 575 - 525 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2658
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. XXX.201, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1267, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Faegersten, Fanni. 2003. The Egyptianizing Male Limestone Statuary from Cyprus: a study of a cross-cultural eastern Mediterranean votive type. no. 34, p. 348, pls. 9.1, 30, Lund, Sweden: The Historical Museum at Lund University.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 57, p. 71, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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