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)
Date
3900 BC - 100 AD
Accession No.
74.51.2829
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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.