Limestone lower left leg
Description: | 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) |
Period: | Hellenistic |
Date: | 399 - 200 BC |
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. XXVIII.158, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1678, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1997. "Les ex-voto trouves par L. Palma di Cesnola a Golgoi en 1870." Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes no. (p), p. 27, pl. IX.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 420, pp. 258-9, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 399, p. 287, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5179 |