Classical

Limestone recumbant lion

The lion formed the finial of a funerary stele and was meant to guard the tomb. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 18 1/2 × 32 1/2 × 9 1/2 in., 197 lb. (47 × 82.6 × 24.1 cm, 89.4 kg)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Motif: Lion
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 450 - 400 BC
Findspot: Salamis

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Accession No.

74.51.2868

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From the necropolis of Salamis

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. XCV.635, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1386, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. cat. 28, p. 126, pl. XVIII, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Stylianou, Andreas and Patrick Schollmeyer. 2007. "Der Sarkophag aus Golgoi." Dynastensarkophage mit szenischen Reliefs aus Byblos und Zypern: Der Sarkophag aus Amathous als Beispiel kontaktinduzierten Wandels, 2. p. 204f n. 69-71, pl. 49f, Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 462, p. 333, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.