Limestone plinth with the feet of a male statuette

Limestone plinth with the feet of a male statuette

Description:

On a plinth with Cypriot inscription, dedicated to the God with Two Right Hands.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 3 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 8 3/4 in., 5.5 lb. (8.9 × 19.1 × 22.2 cm, 2.5 kg)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

560 - 501 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Said to be from Palaeo-Paphos, Cyprus

References:

Hall, Isaac H. 1874. "Cypriote Inscriptions of the Di Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Journal of the American Oriental Society, 10: no. 24, pp. 213-14, pl. VI.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. no. 3, pp. 207, 437, London: John Murray.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXXV.4, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1843, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 175, pp. 152-53, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2336