
Classical
Marble fragmentary inscribed block
H.: 6 x 6 x 1 in. (15.2 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Inscribed object
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 399 - 300 BC
- Findspot
- Kition
Collection
Provenance
- Said to be from Larnaca (Kition), Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1970, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bodel, John P. and Stephen Tracy. 1997. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA : A Checklist. p. 185, Rome: American Academy in Rome.Kantirea, Maria and Daniela Summa. 2020. Inscriptiones Graecae, Inscriptiones Cypri, XV 2, 1. no. 68, p. 32, Berlin/ Boston: Walter de Gruyter & Co.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2448, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1970
- Kantirea 2020, no. 68
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