Archaic II
Limestone statuette of a female votary
The elongated flat body wears a long, pleatless garment. There are red bands painted on the chest and on the sides. Overall: 15 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (40 x 11.1 x 5.7 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Decoration
- Painted
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 550 - 501 BC
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Collection
Provenance
- From Golgoi-Ayios Photios, “West of the temple”
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. XXVI.66, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1007, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 190, p. 162, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2521, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1007
- Hermary 2013, no. 190
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