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Limestone lower left leg, Hellenistic Cypriot statue
Limestone lower left leg, Hellenistic Cypriot, c. 399–200 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5179.Open Access by the MET

Hellenistic

Limestone lower left leg

Representations of parts of the body in stone were an established type of dedication in the Greek world from the fourth century B.C. on. Their purpose was to solicit divine help for a cure or to give thanks for a successful cure. Anatomical votive objects are well-known from Cyprus, and further examples are on display nearby in the case devoted to ancient medicine. While this lower left leg and foot could conceivably have belonged to a statue of another material with limbs of stone, it is more likely to have been an offering. Overall: 7 5/8 x 8 15/16 in. (19.4 x 22.7 cm)

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Material
StoneLimestone
Findspot
Golgoi
Date
399 - 200 BC

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Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.5179, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 1678
  • Karageorghis 2000, no. 420
  • Hermary 2013, no. 399

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