Classical

Limestone altar or pedestal with coiled snake

A snake, the head of which is missing, is coiled on the cover of a circular box. A snake, the head of which is missing, is coiled on the cover of a circular box (pyxis?). There are traces of red paint on the snake, the cover, and the base of the box, which is partially missing. Diam.: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

Classification

Object type: Unclassified
Motif: Snake
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 499 - 400 BC
Findspot: Golgoi

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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. XXIX.192, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1153, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 431, p. 305, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.2782, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 1153
Hermary 2013, no. 431

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