Limestone statuette of a male votary

Limestone statuette of a male votary

Description:

The figure wears a long garment and a conical helmet.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 14 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in., 2.5 lb. (36.8 × 10.5 × 6.4 cm, 1.1 kg)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

575 - 525 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References:

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 6, p. 12, pl. I.4, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. LI.298, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1004, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 3, p. 32, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2576