Limestone votive ear
Description: | The right ear is schematically rendered, with the canal indicated by a circular hole. There are traces of red paint. On the lobe are four syllabic signs signifying “I belong to a deaf person." H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) |
Period: | Hellenistic |
Date: | 399 - 200 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Said to be from the sanctuary of Ayios Photios, Golgoi, 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. 6, p. 207, pl. II.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. CXLII.1055, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.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. CXL, 15, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1882, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 289, Paris: E. de Boccard.Masson, Olivier. 1997. "Les ex-voto trouves par L. Palma di Cesnola a Golgoi en 1870." Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes no. (j), pp. 27-29, pl. VII.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 418, pp. 258-9, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 396, p. 285, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2357 |