Archaic II
Limestone statuette of Zeus Ammon
Zeus Ammon is a Hellenized form of an Egyptian deity characterized by the ram's head. The figure is shown here seated on a throne and wearing a long tunic. It reflects the variety of cultures that came together on Cyprus. H.: 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (9.5 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 575 - 550 BC
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2560
Collection
Provenance
- “From a tomb at Golgoi” (Cesnola 1885, Vol. 1, pl. LXXXVIII. 248) Between 1866 and 1870, unearthed from a tomb at Golgoi, Cyprus; until 1874, collection of Luigi Palma di Cesnola; acquired in 1874, purchased from L.P. di Cesnola.
References
- Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. 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. LXXXVIII.248, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1138, p. 181, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1940-1945. "Excavations in Cyprus, 1913." Annual of the British School at Athens, 41:Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 3, pp. 60-1. Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 322, p. 241, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hemingway, Seán. 2021. How to Read Greek Sculpture. p. 125, fig. 47, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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