Classical
Limestone votive square capital
Votive capital decorated with three bands of triangles, branches in relief and rosettes and ivy leaves on the top. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 11 × 12 × 12 in., 62 lb. (27.9 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm, 28.1 kg)
Classification
- Object type
- Architectural element
- Motifs
- Triangles and lozenges, Rosette
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 500 - 301 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2798
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. I.2, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1377, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 432, p. 306, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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