
Bronze Age
Limestone head of a bearded man from a funerary stele
Bearded head from tombstone. Overall: 11 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 31.8 x 22.9 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Date
- 3900 BC - 100 AD
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Collection
Provenance
- From the necropolis of Golgoi
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. CXXI.894, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1311, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 485, pp. 348-9, Myres 1311, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2829, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1311
- Hermary 2013, no. 485
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